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2024 Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

19 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
587 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
$59,336 Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, environmental engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #173 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 19 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for environmental engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 587 degrees in environmental engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Environmental Engineering School

Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region The environmental engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Environmental Engineering Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Environmental Engineering
Master's Degrees in Environmental Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Environmental Engineering

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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Environmental Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the environmental engineering degree levels they offer.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Environmental Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
71 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
$74,419 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in environmental engineering has to take a look at Johns Hopkins University. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were roughly 71 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available. Those environmental engineering students who get their degree from Johns Hopkins University receive $15,083 more than the typical environmental engineering grad.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
41 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental engineering. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were roughly 41 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
37 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
32.4% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in environmental engineering has to take a look at Cornell University. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were roughly 37 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. Those environmental engineering students who get their degree from Cornell University receive $2,432 more than the typical environmental engineering graduate.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Cornell University

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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In PA

It is hard to beat Lehigh University if you wish to pursue a degree in environmental engineering. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.

There were about 10 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Lehigh University

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Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In PA
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Bucknell is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Lewisburg. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bucknell is a great university overall.

There were roughly 14 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Bucknell University

6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NJ
32 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stevens is a great school overall.

There were roughly 32 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stevens in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology

7

Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Potsdam. This university ranks 25th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 29 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clarkson in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the environmental engineering program earn around $58,378 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Clarkson University

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In PA

Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 10th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 30 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Drexel University

9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In NY
5.9% Growth in Graduates

Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means RPI is a great school overall.

There were approximately 17 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NJ
20.0% Growth in Graduates

NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark. This school ranks 4th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were about 5 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at NJIT in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in environmental engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 160
New York 333 287
Maryland 279 71
New Jersey 273 24
Delaware 175 23

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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Environmental Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Environmental Engineering Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Environmental Engineering 587

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 7,134
Electrical Engineering 5,045
Civil Engineering 3,272
Biomedical Engineering 2,800
Computer Engineering 2,518
Chemical Engineering 2,516
General Engineering 2,150
Industrial Engineering 1,367
Systems Engineering 1,008
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 876

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