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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,002 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,600 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 81 degrees and certificates were awarded to environmental engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #142 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for environmental engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for environmental engineering majors pursuing a .

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

$6,976 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found California State University - Fullerton to be the best value school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in California. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State Fullerton are $6,976 per year.

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$13,754 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in California list. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCR are $13,754 per year.

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$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Irvine is a great value for environmental engineering students. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Irvine are $13,775 a year.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of California - Irvine Report

$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

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

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Southern California Report

Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2
Oregon 11
Nevada 7
Alaska 1

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 4 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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