环境工程，顾名思义就是用科学与工程的方法来改善空气、水、土地资源等环境因素，达到改善人类居住所需要的优质的土壤，空气和水资源，以及污染场所以及废弃物的处理等。
美国环境工程专业留学申请解析：
那么找到了适合自己的专业和研究方向以后，抛开我们都知道要提升的硬件条件不说(硬件成绩包括GPA,托福和GRE成绩)，我们主要说下我们的软件背景的提升。首先如果在本科或者研究生院做过专业相关的研究项目并取得了成果，更或是有过相关论文的发表，那么在申请的过程中，你的竞争力就会大大地被提升。其次，相关的实习以及工作经历也会在申请中更加有优势。
2016USNEWS美国环境工程专业排名：
| 1 | University of California--Berkeley - College of Engineering |
| Berkeley, CA | |
| 2 | Stanford University - School of Engineering |
| Stanford, CA | |
| 3 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign - College of Engineering |
| Urbana, IL | |
| 4 | Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Engineering |
| Atlanta, GA | |
| 4 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor - College of Engineering |
| Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 6 | University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) - Cockrell School of Engineering |
| Austin, TX | |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon University - Carnegie Institute of Technology |
| Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology - Division of Engineering and Applied Science |
| Pasadena, CA | |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) - Whiting School of Engineering |
| Baltimore, MD | |
| 10 | Cornell University - College of Engineering |
| Ithaca, NY | |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology - School of Engineering |
| Cambridge, MA | |
| 10 | Virginia Tech - College of Engineering |
| Blacksburg, VA |
