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2026 Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Grads in Colorado

[Environmental Engineering](/majors/engineering/environmental-engineering/) graduates earn very different salaries depending on where they study. The schools below stand out for the salaries their environmental engineering graduates go on to command.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where environmental engineering graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Grads in Colorado

2026 Highest Paid Environmental Engineering Grads in Colorado

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

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Colorado School Of Mines
Golden, CO

$83,766 Average Early-Career Salary

Our analysis ranked Colorado School Of Mines the top school for environmental engineering graduate earnings in Colorado. Set in the suburb of Golden, Colorado School Of Mines is a public institution. After graduating, environmental engineering degree recipients from Colorado School Of Mines typically earn about $83,766 annually.

2

University Of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

$84,918 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of Colorado Boulder produces some of the highest-paid graduates in environmental engineering, landing the #2 spot this year. Located in the city of Boulder, University Of Colorado Boulder is a public institution. After graduating, environmental engineering degree recipients from University Of Colorado Boulder typically earn about $84,918 annually.

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Colorado State University Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

$77,901 Average Early-Career Salary

Students chasing top earnings in environmental engineering will find them at Colorado State University Fort Collins, which ranked #3. Colorado State University Fort Collins is a public school located in the city of Fort Collins. Early-career environmental engineering graduates from Colorado State University Fort Collins make a median of around $77,901 per year.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced 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.