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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

16 Colleges
$55,113 Avg Salary
$26,125 Avg Student Debt

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Southwest Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for environmental engineering majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the most popular school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great place for environmental engineering students. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The excellent programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #6, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for environmental engineering students. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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Southern Methodist University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for environmental engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Lamar University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular environmental engineering programs. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 81
Arizona 29
Oklahoma 12
New Mexico 2

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
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.

  • 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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