2024 Best Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

a doctor's degree in environmental engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #99 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for environmental engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5 doctor's degrees in environmental engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on environmental engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other environmental engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for environmental engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for environmental engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Environmental Engineering in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in environmental engineering.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Environmental Engineering

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

2 Annual Graduates

University of Iowa is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City.More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from University of Iowa

2

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

2 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of North Dakota if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from University of North Dakota

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Iowa	110	2
Kansas	97	1
North Dakota	68	2

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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Environmental Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Environmental Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Environmental Engineering	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	118
Mechanical Engineering	88
Civil Engineering	86
Biomedical Engineering	72
Chemical Engineering	58
Engineering Mechanics	35
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	33
Computer Engineering	28
General Engineering	25
Other Engineering	23

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.