
Water Resources Education Programs by Discipline Areas
CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
M.S., M.S.E. or Ph.D., School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment; Fulton School of Engineering; Arizona State University; Tempe
http://engineering.asu.edu/sebe 
M.S. in Earth Resources Engineering, Water Resources and Climate Risks; Columbia University; New York City
http://www.eee.columbia.edu/pages/academics/graduateprogram/MS-ERE.html 
M.A., M.S., M.S.E., or Ph.D., Department of Geography and Applied Engineering; Whiting School of Engineering; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD
http://engineering.jhu.edu/~dogee/graduate-programs/index.html 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering; Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge
http://www.cee.lsu.edu/grad/default.aspx 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Civil or Environmental Engineering; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Oklahoma State University; Stillwater
http://cive.okstate.edu/ 
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Coastal Engineering Certificate Program; Department of Civil Engineering; Old Dominion University; Norfolk, VA
http://rhino.cee.odu.edu/cecp/ 
Ph.D. and Master's Program in Water Resources Engineering; Oregon State University; Corvallis
http://oregonstate.edu/gradwater/degreeprograms/wre.php 
Master of Engineering in Water Resources; Schaefer School of Engineering; Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoboken, NJ
http://www.stevens.edu/ses/wr/degree.php 
M.S., M.Eng., or Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering; Texas A&M University; College Station
https://www.civil.tamu.edu/Areas/waterresources/degrees.html 
M.S., M.Eng., or Ph.D. in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering; The School of Engineering and Applied Science; The State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.csee.buffalo.edu/ 
Master's Degree in Water Resources Engineering; Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering; University of Central Florida; Orlando
http://www.cee.ucf.edu/academics/cece_gradhome.asp 
Master of Civil Engineering, Master of Applied Science, Master of Ocean Engineering, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, or Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Delaware; Newark
http://www.ce.udel.edu/current/graduate_program/introduction.html 
Online Graduate Certificate in Water Resources Engineering; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
http://cee.illinois.edu/ceeonline/academics 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Water Resources Management; Hydro-science and Engineering; College of Engineering; University of Iowa; Iowa City
http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/education/graduate-program/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Maryland at College Park
http://www.ence.umd.edu/grad/water-resources.html 
M.S. or Ph.D., Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Degree Programs; University of Massachusetts; Amherst
http://cee.umass.edu/cee/ewre-degree-programs 
M.S. in Water Resources Engineering; Department of Civil Engineering; University of Memphis; TN
http://www.ce.memphis.edu/grad/grad_program.html 
M.S. in Environmental Engineering; College of Engineering; University of New Orleans
http://coe.uno.edu/coe_web/graduate/ms-environmental.htm 
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Portland; Portland, OR
http://engineering.up.edu/default.aspx?cid=6466&pid=2432 
M.S. in Water Engineering; Division of Environmental Engineering; Utah State University; Logan
http://www.cee.usu.edu/htm/graduate-program 
MSCE or MSWREE, Online Water Resources and Environmental Engineering; College of Engineering; Villanova; PA
http://www.villanova.edu/engineering/academics/distance_ed/onlineprogs/wree_online.htm 
M.S.C.E., M.S. ENE, M.S. ESEN, Ph.D., or C.E. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg
http://www.ewr.cee.vt.edu/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering; National Capitol; Virginia Tech; Falls Church, VA
http://www.ncr.vt.edu/Programs/CEE.html 
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Certificate, M.S., or Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution; George Mason University; Fairfax, VA ttp://academics.gmu.edu/findex.html 
Graduate Online Certificate in Water Conflict Management and Transformation; Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR
http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/water 
Graduate Certificate in Water Conflict Management and Transformation; Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR
http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/training/index.htm 
Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution; University of Arkansas at Little Rock
http://ualr.edu/certificates/cmed/ 
ECONOMICS
M.S. or Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; University of Rhode Island; Kingston
http://cels.uri.edu/enre/ 
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
M.S. in Environmental Studies; College of Charleston; Charleston, SC
http://spinner.cofc.edu/~environ/?referrer=webcluster& 
Certificate in Hydrology and M.S. or Ph.D. in Environmental Science; Department of Environmental Science and Management; Portland State University; Portland, OR
http://www.pdx.edu/esm/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Environmental Science; Department of the Geophysical Sciences; University of Chicago
http://geosci.uchicago.edu/prospective_students/program.shtml 
M.S. or Ph.D., Sustainability Solutions Initiative; Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research; University of Maine; Orono
http://www.umaine.edu/WaterResearch/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Technology; Soil and Watershed Sciences or Wetlands Science Specialties; Department of Environmental Science and Technology; University of Maryland at College Park
http://www.enst.umd.edu/graduate/ 
M.S. or M.S.E. Dual Degree: Engineering Sustainable Water Systems; School of Natural Resources and Environment; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor
http://www.snre.umich.edu/degree_programs/engineering 
M.S. or Ph.D., Water Center; School of Natural Resources; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://watercenter.unl.edu/ 
M.S. in Natural Resources and the Environment (Water Resources Specialty); University of New Hampshire; Durham
http://www.naturalresources.unh.edu/graduate/index2-warm 
M.S. in Environmental Science; School of Biological Sciences; University of North Texas; Denton
http://www.unt.edu/pais/grad/gbiol.htm 
M.B.A. and M.A., Dual Degree Programs; The Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia
http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/academics/academics.cfm 
M.A. or Ph.D. in Environmental Studies; Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Virginia; Charlottesville
http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/graduate-programs/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Watershed Management; Department of Renewable Resources; University of Wyoming; Laramie
http://www.uwyo.edu/renewable 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Environmental Science or Environmental Engineering; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN
http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/CivilAndEnvironmentalEngineering/GraduateStudy/EnvironmentalEngineering.aspx 
M.N.R. or Certificate, School of Natural Resources; National Capital Region; Virginia Tech; Falls Church, VA
http://www.ncr.vt.edu/Programs/NR.html 
M.S. in Environmental Management; School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Yale; New Haven, CT
http://environment.yale.edu/prospective/Masters-Degrees/ 
GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSPATIAL STUDIES
Master of Geographic Information Systems; Department of Geography; Penn State University; State College, PA
https://gis.e-education.psu.edu/mgis 
M.A. in Environmental Modeling and Analysis; Department of Geography; The State University of New York at Buffalo
http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/academic_programs/graduate/np_ema.shtml 
Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Technology; Earth Sciences Department; University of Arkansas at Little Rock
http://ualr.edu/earthsciences/index.php/home/programs/graduate/ 
Master's of Professional Studies in Geospatial Informational Sciences; Department of Geography; University of Maryland at College Park
http://www.geog.umd.edu/gis/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Geosciences; University of Missouri at Kansas City
http://cas.umkc.edu/geo/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Geosciences; Department of Geosciences; University of Tulsa; OK
http://www.utulsa.edu/academics/colleges/College-of-Engineering-and-Natural-Sciences/Departments-and-Schools/Department-of-Geosciences/Programs-of-Study/Graduate-and-Professional-Programs.aspx 
Certificate in Environmental GIS; School of Graduate Studies; Western Illinois University; Moline
http://www.wiu.edu/graduate_studies/catalog/post_bacc_certificates/environmentalgis.php 
HYDROLOGY
M.S. in Hydrogeology; Clemson University; Clemson, SC
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/eees/hydro/mshydroinfo.htm 
Hydrologic Science and Engineering; Colorado State University; Fort Collins
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ce/academicprograms/hydraulic.cfm?Source=Future 
Ph.D. and Master's Program in Water Resources Science; Oregon State University; Corvallis
http://oregonstate.edu/gradwater/degreeprograms/wrs.php 
Certificate in Hydrogeology; Department of Geology; Portland State University; OR
http://geology.pdx.edu/node/33 
M.S.C.E. or Ph.D. in Hydraulic and Hydrologic Engineering; Civil Engineering; Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN
https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE/Academics/Groups/Hydraulics 
M.S., M.E.N.G., or Ph.D., Department of Hydrology and Water Resources; University of Arizona; Tucson
http://www.hwr.arizona.edu/ 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of California at Los Angeles
http://www.cee.ucla.edu/about/about-us 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering; University of Colorado at Boulder
http://ceae.colorado.edu/dept/?i=grad-hydrology-water-resources-and-environmental-fluid-mechanics 
M.S. or Ph.D., Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences; Desert Research Institute University of Nevada; Reno
http://www.hydro.unr.edu/home/ 
M.S., M.S.C.E., M.S.E., or Ph.D., Graduate Studies in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environmental Fluid Mechanics; College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Washington; Seattle
http://www.ce.washington.edu/programs/prospective/info/prospective.html 
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Hydraulic Engineering/Stream Resoration and River Mechanics; Colorado State University; Fort Collins
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ce/academicprograms/hydraulic.cfm?Source=Future 
Ph.D. and Master's Program in Water Resources Engineering, Science, and Policy and Management ; Oregon State University; Corvallis
http://oregonstate.edu/gradwater/ 
M.S. or Ph.D., Water: Systems, Science and Society; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program; Tufts University; Medford, MA
http://www.tufts.edu/water/ 
M.S., College of Arts and Sciences; University of Alaska at Anchorage
http://cas.uaa.alaska.edu/programs/interdiscipl.html 
M.A., M.S. or Ph.D., University of Alaska at Fairbanks
http://www.uaf.edu/gradsch/classes/interdisciplinary-program/ 
M.S. or Ph.D., Department of Land, Air and Water Resources; University of California at Davis
http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/academic_programs.htm 
MARINE SCIENCES
M.S. in Marine Science; Hawaii Pacific University; Honolulu
http://www.hpu.edu/CNCS/Departments/GradPrograms/MarineSci/index.html 
M.S. in Marine Science; Savanna State University; Savannah, GA
http://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nat-science/marine-sci.shtml 
M.S. in Marine Resources Management; Department of Marine Sciences; Texas A&M University at Galveston
http://www.tamug.edu/mars/curmaster.htm 
M.S. or Ph.D. in Marine Science; University of South Alabama; Mobile
http://www.southalabama.edu/graduateprograms/artsandsci.html 
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Master of Public Affairs Dual Degree Programs in Energy and Earth Resources and Public Affairs; Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; University of Texas; Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/degreeprograms/mpaff/dual/energyearth 
WATER RESOURCES LAW AND POLICY
Master's Program in Water Resources Policy and Management at Oregon State University, with an option for a concurrent JD at the University of Oregon, Eugene College of Law; Oregon State University; Corvallis
http://oregonstate.edu/gradwater/degreeprograms/wre.php 
Certificate in Water Resources Policy; Department of Geography; Texas State University; San Marcos
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/degrees-programs/certificates/Certificate-in-Water-Resources-Policy.html 
Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy; Tulane University; New Orleans
http://www.law.tulane.edu/enlaw/ 
M.S. or Ph.D., Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management; University of California at Berkeley
http://espm.berkeley.edu/gradprograms/index.php 
Water Resources Concurrent J.D. Degree (Waters of the West); University of Idaho; Moscow
http://www.water.uidaho.edu/node/147 
WATER RESOURCES
Water Resources Planning and Management; Colorado State University; Fort Collins
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ce/academicprograms/hydraulic.cfm?Source=Future 
M.S.C.E., M. C.R.P., Dual Degree in Water Resources; Georgia Tech; Atlanta
http://www.spp.gatech.edu/ms/dualmsdegreecrp 
Online Courses at the Institute of Water Research; Michigan State University; East Lansing
http://35.9.116.206/IWR/index.asp 
Water Related Courses; Montana Water Center; MT
http://watercenter.montana.edu/students/coursework.htm 
Links to North Dakota Universities that Teach Water Resources; North Dakota
http://www.ndsu.edu/wrri//EducationLinks.htm 
Water Degree Program, Texas A&M University, College Station
http://waterprogram.tamu.edu/ 
M.S. in Water Resources Planning and Management; Online 30-Hour Coursework; University of Florida; Gainesville
http://www.ees.ufl.edu/prospective/graduate/ms_water.asp 
Certificate Program; Water Resources; University of Georgia; Athens
http://www.uga.edu/water/ 
Water Resources Research Center (Provides Research Support); University of Hawaii; Manoa
http://www.wrrc.hawaii.edu/ 
M.S. in Water Resources; Department of Geography and Environmental Resources; University of Illinois; Carbondale
http://info.geography.siu.edu/grad/overview.html 
M.S. or Ph.D., Water Resources Science Graduate Program; Water Resources Center; University of Minnesota; St. Paul/Minneapolis
http://wrc.umn.edu/wrsprogram/index.htm 
Online Courses; Water Resources Program; University of Montana; Helena
http://www.umhelena.edu/catalog/water.aspx 
M.W.R. and M.W.R.A., Water Resources Program; University of New Mexico; Albuquerque
http://www.unm.edu/~wrp/WRP_welcome.html 
M.S. or Ph.D., Water Resources Management Program; Nelson Institute; University of Wisconsin; Madison
http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/graduate_degrees/wrm/ 
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