by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
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 the Southwest region, there were 276 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,113 and $26,125 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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 colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 4 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of Arizona
University of Houston landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Environmental Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’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 The University of Texas at San Antonio
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