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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 76 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general environmental engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,060 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology General Environmental Engineering Report

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $19,942 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, UND has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Dakota is $17,409 for plains states region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at University of North Dakota

#4

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 9 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, Iowa has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $20,738 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Iowa.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Iowa

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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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