2025 Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
247Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
$65,461Avg Early-Career Salary
Environmental Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #173 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of environmental engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 247 degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.
The environmental engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Environmental Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The environmental engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Environmental Engineering in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of environmental engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 14 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a degree in environmental engineering. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 42 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the environmental engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $64,950.
Tufts University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental engineering. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in environmental engineering needs to take a look at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #52 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WPI is a great school overall.
There were roughly 22 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent data year.
Located in the fringe town of Durham, UNH is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 26 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the environmental engineering program earn an average of $62,190 for their early career.
University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of West Haven. This university ranks 8th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 24 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of New Haven in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were roughly 22 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UVM in the most recent data year. After graduating, environmental engineering degree recipients generally make about $63,697 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The environmental engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Environmental Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
