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Graduate Programs in Water Science

Many universities do not have specific hydrology departments which can make it difficult for students interested in water science to know where to start. CUAHSI has compiled a list of graduate programs in water science to use as a starting point. Interested in adding your water program to the list? Fill out this form.

Ph.D.

Iowa State University

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering - Water and Environmental Stewardship Focus Area - http://www.abe.iastate.edu/research/land-and-water-resources-engineering/

Agronomy - www.agron.iastate.edu/

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) - https://eeb.iastate.edu/

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering - www.ccee.iastate.edu/academics/graduate

Environmental Science - http://www.ensci.iastate.edu/

Geological and Atmospheric Sciences - www.ge-at.iastate.edu/

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

Kansas State University

Department of Civil Engineering

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Department of Geography https://www.kent.edu/geography/graduate

Department of Biological Sciences https://www.kent.edu/biology/graduate

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (MIT/WHOI) Joint Program

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

Michigan State University

MSU Center for Water Sciences

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Geological Engineering, Geology and Geophysics programs include remote sensing of freshwater resources, hydrogeophysics, and contaminant hydrogeology and water science and engineering.

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

The Hydrology Program, M.S and Ph. D.

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.

New Mexico State University

Interdisciplinary Degree Program in Water Science & Management (WSM)

Degrees: Master's, Ph.D.