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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$43,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 582 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,311 and $24,514 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 10 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #3 spot on the list. ESF is a small public school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESF are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Potsdam, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Clarkson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clarkson are $34,232, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Clarkson

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

#6

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

Stevens Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stevens, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Stevens

#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Drexel University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Drexel University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Drexel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Drexel

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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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