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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

79 Colleges
$32,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,215 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 919 people earned a degree or certificate in environmental engineering, making the major the #144 most popular in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 79 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for environmental engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges.

Top 15% Best Environmental Engineering Schools

$18,856 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Fullerton the best value school in the United States for environmental engineering students. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State Fullerton are $18,856 per year.

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Out of the 79 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UNL is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for environmental engineering students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year.

UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX
$18,482 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lamar University are $18,482 per year.

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#5

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

The excellent programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the United States. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $15,037 per year.

UND also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of North Dakota Report

#6

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA
$59,802 Average Tuition & Fees

Bucknell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for environmental engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bucknell are $59,802 a year.

Full Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University Report

#7

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT
$42,898 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Haven landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental engineering programs. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Haven.

University of New Haven undergraduate students pay an average of $42,898 in tuition and fees each year.

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Michigan Technological University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools list. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Michigan Tech are $39,723 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Michigan Tech also did well on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

With a ranking of #9, Montana Technological University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for environmental engineering students. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Montana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $22,509 in tuition and fees each year.

Montana Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#10

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for environmental engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 10% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools ranking.

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#10

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for environmental engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clemson are $38,550 a year.

Clemson excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools list.

Full Environmental Engineering at Clemson University Report

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Environmental Engineering graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 University of Georgia Athens, GA
13 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Atlanta, GA
14 University of Houston Houston, TX
15 University of Hartford West Hartford, CT

Environmental Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 39 majors within the area of study, environmental engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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