Good Private environmental engineering schools

College Search & Selection
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Hi all,
I’ve been looking into a lot of environmental engineering programs and a lot of the top schools are public… which I cannot afford. Can anyone recommend to me good enve programs that are at top private schools?

P.s I’d rather not go to a complete tech school (MIT, Caltech, etc.) So other, less tech schools would be appreciated.
Thanks

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Any particular state/region/ etc? Can you give a rough idea of your profile? Just an UW GPA, test scores and bullet-pointed extracurriculars would be nice.

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@newkidnewtrix sure,

ACT: 35 (E 35 M 35 R 34 S 34)

UW GPA: 3.9

-National qualifier for speech and debate,

-national qualifier for JETS (first in NY State)

  • internship at University on sustainability and am also working on a paper for a professor that will be presented to UNEP

    -founder of a 501c performing science shows for underprivileged children- have done 2 shows and will do more this coming year
  • independent team project researching evolutionary epigenetics (coding based) for a professor

    -Founder of Envirothon and president of Environmental club at school
  • I also play the harp professionally and have played at notable venues



    I have some minor stuff as well but in total I have 5 leadership positions




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Are you M or F?

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Why are public universities too expensive, but privates are not? :-??

Several public universities, with strong environmental engineering programs, offer significant merit aid. Not all are priced (for OOS students) like UC-Berkeley or UMichigan.

You can go to the ABET website and search for all universities that offer an ABET accredited program in environmental engineering.

http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx

For example, Clarkson University, in NY, offers an ABET accredited program in Enviro engineering.

Lehigh University is another commonly recommended “private” engineering program. WPI is another.

You’ll find several good programs at privates. However, the list will be dominated by state public universities. Many offer significant OOS merit, so you may also want to consider those schools.

Good Luck!

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In NY, there is CUNY-CC, Buffalo, and SUNY ESF for public options at in-state tuition for the OP.

In addition, Cornell allows a student to major in environmental engineering under either the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences or the College of Engineering. CALS is one of the semi-public divisions of Cornell (with some tuition reduction for NY residents), while CoE is one of the fully private divisions.

However, environmental engineering is often a subarea of civil engineering rather than its own major. Looking for such programs may increase the number of options both public and private.

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@Sybylla M @Gator88NE Ok thanks i will do that, I didn’t realize that some state schools actually offer aid @ucbalumnus Thanks I know about CALS engineering program and it will be on my list, and the state schools will be my safeties, but are there any other colleges with good, affordable environmental engineering, in case cornell does not work out?