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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 New England region, there were 187 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 New England Region

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the New England Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 35 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students list, UNH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $24,067 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at UNH

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students list, UCONN has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students per year to attend University of Connecticut.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Connecticut General Environmental Engineering Report

#3

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UVM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UVM is $18,982 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Vermont General Environmental Engineering Report

#4

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Massachusetts Institute of Technology is $16,636 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#5

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WPI is $39,756 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at WPI

#6

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Tufts University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Tufts University is located in Medford, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tufts is $30,744 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Tufts General Environmental Engineering Report

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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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