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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$32,492 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,275 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

Environmental Engineering is the #144 most popular major in the country with 919 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Montana Technological University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Montana Technological University

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU - Boulder are $38,358 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CU - Boulder is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman undergraduate students pay an average of $28,264 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Montana State University

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mines are $40,838 a year.

Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 26
Idaho 0
Montana 12
Wyoming 0

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

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 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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