by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Environmental Engineering is the 240th most popular major in the country with 2,759 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 170 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general environmental engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general environmental engineering.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree environmental engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 4 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at MSU Bozeman
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 16 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #5 spot on the list. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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