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

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

With 81 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, environmental engineering is the #117 most popular major in Texas.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Environmental Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the environmental engineering doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Texas.

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston the most popular school in Texas for environmental engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Houston Report

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - Kingsville to be the most popular school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at El Paso the most popular school in Texas for environmental engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.

Of the 3 students majoring in environmental engineering at UTEP, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at San Antonio helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular environmental engineering schools in Texas. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Women make up 50% of the environmental engineering majors at the school.

Full Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

#5

Rice University

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Rice University

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 29
Oklahoma 12
New Mexico 2

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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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