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Anonymous wrote:Environmental Engineers can do everything an Environmental Science major can do

Environmental engineers may have limited knowledge in areas such as ecology and conservation biology, geosciences topics, such as those related to climate change, and environmental policy.

sure they may but these are the research areas that faced the most significant government cuts. environmental engineering often does have some of these areas, but it also has a solid strong hard-science based curriculum that environmental science often does not. that base makes the students more desirable in the job market and for graduate school for those who want access to lab research jobs. college transcripts matter and not all environmental sci majors are considered scientifically rigorous. better to do engineering and make sure there are some policy courses added as electives than do pure environmental sci and try to add hard sciences

environmental engineering is the way to go indeed. it is much easier to pivot to other options should environmental funding continue to dry up. many environmental internships are in research and have direct or indirect government funding that allows them to pay interns; most were cut summer 2025 and have not been brought back in 2026. Engineering undergrads provided they have physics, calc, et al on the transcript, can pivot to many internships for which environmental science majors do not qualify, such as broader based DOE or DOD labs, industry, REU that have funding less vulnerable to cuts.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have advice on best schools for environmental science majors?

Hobart and William Smith
CU Boulder
Eckerd

Anonymous wrote:Is this major predominantly female ?

It was when I was studying it 20 years ago. About 80% were women.

Very good thread on this below. Overwhelmingly points to Environmental Engineering as the way to go. Hope this is helpful. Good luck.

https://www.quora.com/Which-is-a-better-degree-to-have-environmental-engineering-or-environmental-science

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Environmental Engineers can do everything an Environmental Science major can do

Environmental engineers may have limited knowledge in areas such as ecology and conservation biology, geosciences topics, such as those related to climate change, and environmental policy.

lol please

A comment such as this makes me wonder whether or not you are even capable of understanding the post to which you responded.

It’s becoming very popular. Make sure you have enough evidence for your major.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Environmental Engineers can do everything an Environmental Science major can do

Environmental engineers may have limited knowledge in areas such as ecology and conservation biology, geosciences topics, such as those related to climate change, and environmental policy.

lol please

Anonymous wrote:Environmental Engineers can do everything an Environmental Science major can do

Environmental engineers may have limited knowledge in areas such as ecology and conservation biology, geosciences topics, such as those related to climate change, and environmental policy.

Anonymous wrote:Is this major predominantly female ?

Very much so.

This has been posted before so I will answer again. Have your kid major in Environmental Engineering for much a better career opportunities and path. Someone once told me....I'm glad they did...Environmental Engineers can do everything an Environmental Science major can do, but an Environmental science major can't do everything an Environmental Engineer can do.

Look at Top Schools like Georgia Tech which is #1 for Environmental Engineering and Health. Also, Cal Berkely and U of Mich are excellent programs as well. Good luck.

What's your budget? The PP's list are highly selective/expensive/don't give merit aid.

DD (good student but not at the level where admit to a highly selective school was at all in the cards + out of our budget) was looking for this major and the top contenders for big schools (VA student needing merit aid or in-state) - U of Vermont, VT, GMU. Small schools - SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, SMCM, Juniata, Washington College.

Duke has an 3-2 master's program partnership with a bunch of LACs, which seemed like a decent indicator that they respect the quality of the undergrad program. They range in selectivity.
https://nicholas.duke.edu/academics/masters-programs/cooperative-college-3-2

Look into schools like Middlebury, Hamilton, Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Pomona, Pitzer and Colorado College. Most of these, along with quite a few other suggestions, appear in this site:

2025 Best Colleges for Environmental Science - College Transitions https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-for-environmental-science/

Is this major predominantly female ?

Anyone have advice on best schools for environmental science majors?