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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

12 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$55,113 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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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 Southwest region, there were 276 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,113 and $26,125 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 12 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Socorro, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at New Mexico Tech

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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

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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at UT Austin

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 18 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at NAU

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Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full ASU - Tempe Environmental Engineering Report

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech University Environmental Engineering Report

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West Texas A&M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at West Texas A&M University

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Oklahoma

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 SMU

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 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 85%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Arizona

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Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

Grand Canyon University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Grand Canyon University

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