by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,759 people earned their degree in environmental engineering, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States. 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 California, there were 339 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,600 and $23,322 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 258 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Humboldt State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California list. Humboldt State University is a medium-sized school located in Arcata, California that handed out 39 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Humboldt State University Environmental Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Merced. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California. UC Merced is a medium-sized school located in Merced, California that handed out 29 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #3 spot on the list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Environmental Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California. University of California - Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 37 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California list. UCR is a large public school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 21 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 University of California - Riverside Environmental Engineering Report
San Diego State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California ranking. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of California - Irvine came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California ranking. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stanford University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California ranking. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #9, University of California - San Diego did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California list. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Southern California landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California ranking. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 13 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Southern California
With a ranking of #11, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
California Institute of Technology landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in California ranking. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pasadena, California. It awarded 12 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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