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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 Ranked Colleges
158 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 201 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general environmental engineering programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $15,023 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students per year to attend Montana Tech.

Full Montana Tech General Environmental Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,634 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Utah State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 31 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students list, Colorado State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State is $18,668 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#4

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MSU Bozeman is $19,202 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

Full MSU Bozeman General Environmental Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $21,680 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students per year to attend CU - Boulder.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 full report on General Environmental Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

#6

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Colorado School of Mines ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 46 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mines is $26,750 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado School of Mines 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%.

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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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