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2026 Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Grads in the New England Region

[Environmental Engineering](/majors/engineering/environmental-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where graduates go on to earn the most. The schools below stand out for the salaries their environmental engineering graduates go on to command.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their environmental engineering graduates.

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• Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Grads in the New England Region

2026 Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Grads in the New England Region

If you want to know which schools send environmental engineering graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Graduates

1

University Of New Hampshire Main Campus
Durham, NH

$80,259 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of New Hampshire Main Campus earned the #1 spot for highest-paid environmental engineering graduates in the New England Region. University Of New Hampshire Main Campus is a public school located in the town of Durham. Environmental Engineering graduates of University Of New Hampshire Main Campus earn a median of about $80,259 a year early in their careers.

2

University Of Vermont
Burlington, VT

$71,254 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of Vermont came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying environmental engineering schools. Located in the city of Burlington, University Of Vermont is a public institution. Students who complete the environmental engineering program here go on to a median salary of roughly $71,254.

3

University Of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

$64,950 Average Early-Career Salary

Students chasing top earnings in environmental engineering will find them at University Of Connecticut, which ranked #3. Set in the town of Storrs, University Of Connecticut is a public institution. Early-career environmental engineering graduates from University Of Connecticut make a median of around $64,950 per year.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their environmental engineering graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.