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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in California

6 Colleges
$56,600 Avg Salary
$23,322 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering 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 Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in California to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a 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.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Southern California Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Fullerton. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in California list. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

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Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Environmental Engineering at California Institute of Technology Report

The excellent programs at University of California - Riverside helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in California. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of California - Riverside

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Irvine is a great place for environmental engineering students. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of California - Irvine Report

#6

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for environmental engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University Report

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 6 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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