2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Engineering is the 166th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 California, there were 332 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,675 and $22,465 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree environmental engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#2 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California list. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at USC

#1

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#3 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of California - Irvine

#2

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

#1 in overall quality

$56,649 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

Caltech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of Technology are $56,649, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at California Institute of Technology

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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