Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering

With environmental crises all over the globe, the need for environmental engineers has never been greater. Individuals who pursue this course of study steep themselves in knowledge of engineering, biology, and chemistry with an eye toward solving environmental problems. The best programs for environmental engineering offer undergraduate students a multitude of opportunities for hands-on learning, direct interaction with distinguished faculty, and access to laboratories stocked with the latest scientific equipment. The colleges and universities that we selected for our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering meet these criteria and are exceptional places to become the next wave of steward-scientists.

Click the links below for more information about each college’s environmental engineering program. Click here to read our methodology.

Arizona State University

California Institute of Technology

Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo

Carnegie Mellon University

Clemson University

Cornell University

Duke University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

North Carolina State University

Penn State University

Purdue University

Rice University

Stanford University

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

University at Buffalo (SUNY)

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Riverside

University of California, San Diego

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Florida

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Texas at Austin

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Virginia Tech

Yale University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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