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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the New England Region” 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 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” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the New England Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNH is $24,067 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UNH

#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Connecticut is $22,012 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UCONN

#3

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Vermont is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVM is $18,982 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at UVM

#4

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees 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 $16,636 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. 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%.

Full MIT Environmental Engineering Report

#5

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students list, WPI has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $39,756 for new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students per year to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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 full report on Environmental Engineering at WPI

#6

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Tufts University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students list, Tufts has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tufts is $30,744 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Tufts University

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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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