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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Environmental Control Technology is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 7,626 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, environmental control technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,567 and had an average of $15,264 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 159 environmental control technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in environmental control technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental control technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental control technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The environmental control tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s”.

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Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Control Technology

#1

Red Rocks Community College

Lakewood, Colorado

#4 in overall quality

$10,257 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Red Rocks Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. Red Rocks Community College is a public institution located in Lakewood, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Red Rocks Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Control Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,257 for bachelor’s degree environmental control tech students per year to attend Red Rocks Community College.

Read full report on Environmental Control Technology at Red Rocks Community College

#2

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$25,794 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s environmental control tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College also made our “Best Environmental Control Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Penn College is $25,794 for bachelor’s degree environmental control tech students.

Read full report on Environmental Control Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology

#3

The University of Findlay

Findlay, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$24,884 Average Net Price

$64,791 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Findlay. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Findlay, Ohio, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s environmental control tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Findlay also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Control Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Findlay is $24,884 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Control 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%.

Read more about Environmental Control Technology at The University of Findlay

#4

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$33,167 Average Net Price

$55,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Control Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s environmental control tech degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Control Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend RIT is $33,167 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Control 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 Control 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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