Manchester, NH (population: 108,643) has twenty-nine environmental engineering schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Brown University, the highest ranked school in this group with an environmental engineering program, has a total student population of 8,574. It is the 9th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Rhode Island. To learn more about environmental engineering programs in Manchester, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of environmental engineering professors at Brown University such as Rod Beresford, Janet Blume, Allan Bower, Eric Chason, Greg Crawford, and Rick Fleeter.
Environmental Engineering students from Manchester 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.
Manchester lies in Hillsborough county, which is one of the 6 counties in New Hampshire. Overall, the Manchester area has 99,530 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.6% unemployment rate, $21.75/hr average worker wage, and a $45,240 average annual salary.
Of the 29 environmental engineering schools with a 100-mile radius of Manchester, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr) for environmental engineering students, with Westfield State College as the lowest, reported at only $11,811/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Manchester |
| Chester | NH | - | 3 | 20.6159 | 131 | 9.4 miles |
| Nashua | NH | 86,706 | 4 | 32.4184 | 139 | 16.1 miles |
| Lowell | MA | 104,063 | 4 | 27.7393 | 100 | 24.3 miles |
| North Andover | MA | - | 1 | 30.19 | 56 | 24.9 miles |
| Stratham | NH | - | 1 | 10.7122 | 32 | 26.8 miles |
| Billerica | MA | 40,949 | 1 | 35.5405 | 2 | 30.5 miles |
| Fitchburg | MA | - | 3 | 41.3845 | 81 | 33.0 miles |
| Rindge | NH | - | 1 | 51.4025 | 64 | 33.3 miles |
| Somersworth | NH | - | 1 | 20.1613 | 3 | 35.0 miles |
| Leominster | MA | 41,104 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.0 miles |
| Woburn | MA | - | 3 | 29.2811 | 25 | 37.6 miles |
| Peabody | MA | 51,672 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.2 miles |
| New London | NH | - | 5 | 27.7354 | 166 | 40.7 miles |
| Waltham | MA | 60,722 | 3 | 63.6138 | 127 | 42.1 miles |
| Keene | NH | - | 4 | 29.2254 | 143 | 42.5 miles |
| Malden | MA | 55,904 | 4 | 25.7416 | 22 | 42.7 miles |
| Watertown | MA | - | 4 | 19.8045 | 105 | 44.1 miles |
| Somerville | MA | 75,604 | 1 | 21.9743 | 9 | 44.3 miles |
| Cambridge | MA | 108,135 | 7 | 39.5149 | 268 | 44.6 miles |
| Chelsea | MA | 44,282 | 1 | 26.6747 | 5 | 45.2 miles |
| Brighton | MA | - | 3 | 22.1394 | 9 | 45.9 miles |
| Framingham | MA | 64,549 | 2 | 43.2155 | 61 | 46.3 miles |
| Chestnut Hill | MA | - | 2 | 53.2355 | 134 | 46.9 miles |
| Wellesley | MA | - | 2 | 79.2832 | 74 | 47.9 miles |
| Brookline | MA | 55,248 | 4 | 18.3285 | 60 | 48.1 miles |
| Boston | MA | 610,407 | 34 | 31.8192 | 1,194 | 49.2 miles |
| Needham | MA | - | 1 | 85.1852 | 4 | 49.3 miles |
| Worcester | MA | 174,854 | 11 | 28.6428 | 380 | 52.6 miles |
| Milton | MA | - | 2 | 30.0286 | 66 | 54.0 miles |
| Weymouth | MA | 55,115 | 0 | - | 0 | 58.8 miles |