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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 296 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,000 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Kingsville, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Environmental Engineering Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

UH also took the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of Houston

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UTEP also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 7 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Arizona

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UTSA

#6

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Rice University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Rice 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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