Best college for Environmental Engineering in CA?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello!</p>

<p>I am currently a freshman at College of San Mateo (Community College at San Mateo, CA, very close to San Francisco).
I have decided that I want to do Environmental Engineering and there are quite a few colleges that popped up.</p>

<p>Factors that will make my decision are tuition costs, housing and the one with the most promising program.</p>

<p>-UC Merced
-UC Riverside
-UC Irvine
-CSU San Diego
-CSU Fresno
-Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</p>

<p>P.S Could I apply to one more than one college as a transfer student? If so, then my top priority would be UC Berkeley.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading! Any help is appreciated!</p>

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<p>You can apply to as many schools as you want. If you want guaranteed admission, you can TAG at UCI or UCR. You might also want to drop UCM and replace it with UCD (Combined Civil/Environmental Engineering). Here is the information regarding TAG:<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/guarantee/index.html”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/guarantee/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@Gumbymom‌ Thanks for the response! I did check the UCD Tag, and it only offers the Civil Engineering as a major in Assist.org. </p>

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<p>Berkeley has environmental engineering as a subarea of civil engineering.</p>

<p>According to <a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramSearch.aspx/AccreditationSearch.aspx”>http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramSearch.aspx/AccreditationSearch.aspx&lt;/a&gt; , those California schools with ABET accredited environmental engineering majors (as opposed to civil engineering majors which may have environmental as a subarea) are: Cal Poly SLO, Humboldt State, San Diego State, Stanford, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, USC. For civil engineering, there are many more choices, although you need to check whether they offer environmental as a subarea.</p>