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2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering

84 Colleges
5,415,716 Bachelor's Degrees
$28,381 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Value Environmental Engineering School for You

Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering is the #136 most popular major in the country with N/A bachelor's degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering ranking analyzed 84 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. We are more focused on environmental engineering schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.

When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.

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2024 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for the money for environmental engineering majors.

Top 10 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools

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Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value environmental engineering schools. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population. Purdue not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list.

It takes about 4.3 years for the average student at Purdue to complete their degree, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $28,080. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Purdue is $121,867. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value environmental engineering schools. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population. UF also took the #8 spot in our Best Environmental Engineering Schools rankings.

It takes about 4.3 years for the average student at UF to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $28,061. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from UF is $120,101. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.

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Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - Platteville as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

At UW - Platteville, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.7 years, and it costs about $20,526 per year to attend the school. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from UW - Platteville is $97,293. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.

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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Central Florida. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

At UCF, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.5 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $26,362. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UCF is about $118,102. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #5 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value environmental engineering schools. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Environmental Engineering Schools ranking.

It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at Georgia Tech to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $36,104. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech is about $164,273. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

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Northern Arizona University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at NAU is 4.3 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $22,927. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from NAU is about $99,274. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC also is in the top 20% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools ranking.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at UC is 4.6 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $31,117. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from UC be around $141,582. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Florida International University. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at FIU to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $25,976. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from FIU be around $118,970. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The City College of New York. CCNY is a large public school located in the large city of New York.

The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at CCNY is 4.8 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $27,629. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the CCNY is $131,514. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.

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Our rankings recognize Texas Tech University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

At Texas Tech, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.5 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $27,874. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech is $125,154. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.

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Environmental Engineering by Region

View the Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Environmental Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

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