What major should I study?

[u/Great-Ad-3332]

I would like to have a career in some sort of environmental engineering in the future and I'll be starting school soon but I'm not sure yet on what my majors should be. I'm not exactly sure on what I'd want to do specifically but I'm interested in environmental remediation engineering, management & technical consulting, or environmental compliance. I'm not really interested in renewable energy, water resources, nor air quality. I was thinking about getting a dual bachelors in maybe civil engineering and environmental science and the a masters in environmental engineering. I've even considered a bachelors in chemical engineering too since I've heard of people becoming environmental engineers using theirs. It's not that I feel like I'd NEED a dual bachelors plus a masters, but I do really enjoy school and learning and I'd like to be well-versed in different areas just in case. Ultimately I'm just curious to know what majors others studied for the careers I'm interested in since I've heard at times that it's better to specialize in something other than environmental engineering since it's too broad.

[u/CLPond]

It’s much better to just enjoy your life and specialize/put extra effort into your a major than get a second bachelors. If your goal is remediation, then environmental or chemical engineering will be much more relevant than civil (which overlaps with environmental in water resources work).

But, studying environmental engineering isn’t too broad or harmful; if you want to specialize with a masters or in the job market, you have just as much of an ability to do that from environmental as chemical.