2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Environmental Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is rather uncommon to find an undergrad studying environmental engineering. On average, each discipline confers around 6,200 four-year degrees per year; 1,712 students earned an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering last year, making it the US' 160th most popular subject. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus​ granted more of those degrees than any other U.S. college (52), and schools in California conferred more degrees than any American State (284).

Undergraduate degrees in environmental engineering are offered at 106 schools nationally; ipso facto, handpicking the best college may often not be easy. Undergrad degrees in environmental engineering are 44.8% less commonly available than the average subject, making it the 153rd most commonly available US degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 61% of last year's degrees in environmental engineering were undergraduate degrees; 39% were grad degrees. Environmental engineering is the 118th most popular postgrad degree in the USA, with 1,107 degrees awarded. To put that in context, the average subject is 2.5 times more popular among postgrads than environmental engineering.

In Total, 2,819 students received a bachelor's or higher in environmental engineering last year.

ONLINE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREES

107 of those 2,819 students (3.8%) did their school work remotely - 0 undergraduates and 107 postgrads. It is now the 133rd most in-demand online master's or doctor's degree, and 82.6% under the US average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREES

• Environmental engineering is the 162nd most common partially online four-year degree in the US
• 95 colleges in the US award an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering partially online
• 20.33% of all college degree in environmental engineering are completed partially online
• San Diego State University​ awarded more partially online undergrad degrees in environmental engineering than any other institution in the US (27)
• Last spring, 1,107 students received partially online postgrad degrees in environmental engineering
• 10.84% of all grad degrees in environmental engineering are done partially online

IN-PERSON ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREES

• Environmental engineering is the 153rd most sought out in-person undergrad degree in the country
• Environmental engineering is the 153rd most broadly available exclusively in-person undergrad degree in the country
• 79.67% of all four-year degree in environmental engineering are done in-person
• The University of California-San Diego​ granted 47 fully in-person undergrad degrees in environmental engineering, more than any other US school
• 61% of in-person degrees in environmental engineering last year were four-year degrees; 39% were grad degrees
• The typical focus is offered at approximately 20 institutions in-person