2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

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Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology is the 622nd most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 environmental engineering technology/environmental technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental engineering technology/environmental technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering technology/environmental technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental engineering technology/environmental technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree environmental engineering tech students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology

#1

The University of Findlay

Findlay, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$24,884 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Findlay landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Findlay is located in Findlay, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s environmental engineering techn degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Findlay, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Findlay is $24,884 for bachelor’s degree environmental engineering tech students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Findlay Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Report

#2

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$33,167 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering techn students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rochester Institute of Technology is $33,167 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering Tech students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full RIT Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Report

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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