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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$13,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in environmental engineering, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,600 and had an average of $23,573 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 187 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,000 and $25,667 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 111 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 For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology is $4,535 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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 full report on Environmental Engineering at MIT

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tufts University is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 6 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $5,267 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tufts University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Tufts University Environmental Engineering Report

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $12,381 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCONN.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of Connecticut Environmental Engineering Report

#4

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Vermont is $12,015 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $17,747 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Environmental Engineering Report

#6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WPI is $30,503 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at WPI

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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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