2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Environmental Engineering is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 2,759 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,215 and had an average of $24,744 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 170 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,275 and $27,223 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in environmental engineering.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Engineering Schools

The environmental engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree environmental engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Central Wyoming College
Riverton, Wyoming

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Wyoming College landed the #1 spot on the list. CWC is a small public school situated in Riverton, Wyoming. It awarded 3 associates’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at CWC

1

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#13 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 7 associates’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full USU Environmental Engineering Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.