2023 Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You
Environmental Engineering is the #144 most popular major in the country with 919 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Environmental Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Best Environmental Engineering Schools
Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the best school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out of the 16 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
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The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the Southeast Region . NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
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The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the Southeast Region . UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
Clemson University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best environmental engineering programs. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
Virginia Tech landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best environmental engineering programs. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #8 on this year’s Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
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University of Central Florida ranked #9 on this year’s Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The University of Alabama landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best environmental engineering programs. UA is a very large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.
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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best environmental engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Virginia | 12 |
Florida | 79 |
Georgia | 41 |
North Carolina | 15 |
Tennessee | 13 |
Kentucky | 2 |
Alabama | 4 |
South Carolina | 24 |
Arkansas | 0 |
West Virginia | 3 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Environmental Engineering
One of 39 majors within the area of study, environmental engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 11,021 |
Mechanical Engineering | 9,007 |
Civil Engineering | 6,042 |
Computer Engineering | 5,557 |
Biomedical Engineering | 4,252 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.
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