The 50 colleges that score highest for Environmental engineering on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | Median earnings $144,940 (field-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Median earnings $158,239 (field-wide) · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $103,016 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | IL | Median earnings $110,609 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $117,188 (field-wide) · 47 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | PA | Median earnings $161,265 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $84,973 · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | GA | Median earnings $81,818 · 42 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $80,635 · 52 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Median earnings $102,373 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Tufts University | MA | Median earnings $98,682 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | University of California-Irvine | CA | Median earnings $106,892 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $109,269 (field-wide) · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $78,770 · 59 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $98,862 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Median earnings $82,020 · 51 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $106,933 (field-wide) · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | IN | Median earnings $75,950 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $102,169 (field-wide) · 34 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $80,775 · 45 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $94,669 (field-wide) · 24 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $93,839 (field-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $81,604 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $85,808 · 25 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | FL | Median earnings $92,919 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | Colorado School of Mines | CO | Median earnings $87,278 · 37 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $94,498 (field-wide) · 32 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $83,293 · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Clemson University | SC | Median earnings $81,714 · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Bucknell University | PA | Median earnings $116,095 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $88,417 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $102,702 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NY | Median earnings $96,281 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $86,926 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $80,855 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $57,301 · 43 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Drexel University | PA | Median earnings $98,374 (field-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $96,528 (field-wide) · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Oregon State University | OR | Median earnings $87,699 · 25 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | CA | Median earnings $84,300 · 23 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $77,348 · 32 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | United States Military Academy | NY | Earnings not published · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | Michigan Technological University | MI | Median earnings $76,857 · 47 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | University at Buffalo | NY | Median earnings $75,263 · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $90,143 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Montana State University | MT | Median earnings $88,783 (field-wide) · 29 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $74,252 · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Median earnings $78,719 · 22 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | Median earnings $82,005 · 42 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $80,129 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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