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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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 New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MIT is $14,381 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $26,179 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UCONN.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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 also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $27,430 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Tufts.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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. 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%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 35 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNH is $25,668 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. 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 $75-$110k. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

UVM also took the #6 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $21,595 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Vermont.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #6, Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

WPI also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Worcester Polytechnic Institute is $38,190 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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