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Environmental Engineering Schools in Connecticut

Connecticut contains ten schools that offer environmental engineering programs. Trinity College, the highest-ranking environmental engineering school in CT, has a total student population of 2,438 and is the 94th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 10 environmental engineering schools in Connecticut, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Hartford comes out as the most expensive ($31,547/yr), with Middlesex Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,918/yr.

Environmental Engineering students from Connecticut schools who go on to become environmental engineers, environmental scientists, environmental specialists, environmental protection specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 50,610 people working as environmental engineers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $80,750. Also, Environmental scientists and specialists, including health make on average $67,360 per year and there are about 83,530 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are 860 employed environmental scientists and specialists, including health earning an average yearly salary of $68,030. Environmental engineers in this state earn $85,090/yr and there are 670 employed.

Also, within the environmental engineering schools in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from environmental engineering, there are 2145 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,319 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,907, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Environmental Engineering Programs in Connecticut

• Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

• Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Connecticut Interesting Facts

• The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.
• The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954.
• Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
• In 1705, copper was discovered in Simsbury. Later, the copper mine became the infamous New-Gate Prison of the Revolutionary War. Doctor Samuel Higley of Simsbury started the first copper coinage in America in 1737.
• The Scoville Memorial Library is the United States oldest public library. The library collection began in 1771, when Richard Smith, owner of a local blast furnace, used community contributions to buy 200 books in London. Patrons could borrow and return books on the third Monday of every third month. Fees were collected for damages, the most common being "greasing" by wax dripped from the candles by which the patrons read.

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