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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school situated in Rolla, Missouri. It awarded 21 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology is $14,262 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid per year to attend UMN Twin Cities.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full UMN Twin Cities General Environmental Engineering Report

#3

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa is $19,145 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at University of Iowa

#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#4 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #4 spot on the list. 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.

UND also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UND is $15,738 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at UND

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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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