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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$49,145 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$58,537 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

With 85 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, environmental engineering is the #139 most popular major in New York.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in New York 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in New York

Check out the environmental engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

$7,340 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The City College of New York to be the best value school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in New York. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.

CCNY undergraduate students pay an average of $7,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Environmental Engineering at The City College of New York Report

#2

Manhattan College

Riverdale, NY
$47,220 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Manhattan College is a great value for environmental engineering students. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverdale.

Manhattan undergraduate students pay an average of $47,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Manhattan College

#3

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY
$54,370 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Clarkson University is a great value for environmental engineering students. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Potsdam.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Clarkson are $54,370 a year.

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

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University

$62,466 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in New York list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia are $62,466 per year.

Columbia also took the #4 spot in our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in New York rankings.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

#5

New York University

New York, NY
$56,500 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New York University is a great value for environmental engineering students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NYU are $56,500 per year.

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

Full Environmental Engineering at New York University Report

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY
$57,591 Average Tuition & Fees

Syracuse University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in New York ranking. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Syracuse undergraduate students pay an average of $57,591 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Syracuse also is in the top 15% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in New York ranking.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University

$58,526 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for environmental engineering students. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

RPI undergraduate students pay an average of $58,526 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 36
Maryland 62
New Jersey 34

Environmental Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering

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 7 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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