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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 81 degrees and certificates were awarded to environmental engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #142 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Environmental Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for environmental engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 33% of the environmental engineering majors at the school.

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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2
Oregon 11
Nevada 7
Alaska 1

One of 39 majors within the area of study, environmental engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 3 schools only.

  • 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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