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Environmental Engineering research in United States

Texas A&M University ranks first in United States for Environmental Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#61 worldwide), followed by Pennsylvania State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

United States's world rank
#2
of 65 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
11k
Top-10% rate
18.1%
Ranked institutions
33

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Environmental Engineering in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #6128.525.0%175
2Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #8223.422.9%132
3Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #8423.09.4%291
4Stanford UniversityStanford #9221.423.1%118
5National Laboratory of the RockiesGolden #9920.135.1%90
6University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park #11218.025.9%98
7The University of Texas at AustinAustin #11717.220.5%151
8Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #12116.619.6%129
9Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #12416.225.8%92
10Cornell UniversityIthaca #13215.129.9%83
11Arizona State UniversityTempe #14114.026.0%100
12Colorado State UniversityFort Collins #14713.221.8%98
13University of FloridaGainesville #14913.021.3%102
14University of California, DavisDavis #15612.227.6%86
15University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #16910.823.3%111
16Virginia TechBlacksburg #17110.618.6%102
17University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #1789.927.0%80
18Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing #1918.722.0%80
19North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #1998.018.5%81
20The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #2206.220.0%88
21University of WashingtonSeattle #2255.827.5%66
22Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #2265.819.5%80
23University of MichiganAnn Arbor #2275.719.0%88
24University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #2295.521.4%80
25University of ArizonaTucson #2355.122.5%75
26United States Geological SurveyReston #2533.813.7%101
27University of OklahomaNorman #2563.622.0%66
28University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #2573.520.4%78
29Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena #2722.520.3%63
30University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #2812.019.1%68
31University of UtahSalt Lake City #290144.014.7%61
32University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill #29991.09.4%78
33Weatherford CollegeWeatherford #3150.01.6%70

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Environmental Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Environmental Engineering researchers in United States?

George Em Karniadakis, Vipin Kumar and Jean‐François Lamarque rank highest among researchers based in United States.

  1. 1George Em Karniadakis#151 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 12 works
  2. 2Vipin Kumar#864 worldwide overall3.9k citations · 11 works
  3. 3Jean‐François Lamarque#1,188 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 9 works
  4. 4Derek R. Lovley#1,727 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 12 works
  5. 5Curtis E. Woodcock#1,962 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 16 works
  6. 6Keith Paustian#2,115 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 7 works
  7. 7Dennis Baldocchi#2,533 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 8 works
  8. 8Noel Cressie#2,592 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 27 works
  9. 9Joseph Sarkis#2,619 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 7 works
  10. 10Soroosh Sorooshian#2,630 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 20 works
  11. 11Martinus Th. van Genuchten#2,790 worldwide overall5.1k citations · 14 works
  12. 12John D. Spengler#2,876 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 21 works
  13. 13Alan H. Strahler#2,909 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 25 works
  14. 14Alan E. Gelfand#3,043 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 14 works
  15. 15Hoshin V. Gupta#3,479 worldwide overall2k citations · 25 works

How United States compares with other countries in Environmental Engineering