by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Texas, there were 155 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 6 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.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 The University of Texas at Austin Environmental Engineering Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Environmental Engineering at West Texas A&M University
Southern Methodist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in Texas list. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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