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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 76 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,400 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of Iowa

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at KU

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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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