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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$21,505 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

With 81 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, environmental engineering is the #117 most popular major in Texas.

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.

The Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for environmental engineering in Texas.

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#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX
$8,690 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lamar University are $8,690 a year.

Full Environmental Engineering at Lamar University Report

$9,892 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Texas A&M Kingsville undergraduate students pay an average of $9,892 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report

#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for environmental engineering students. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX
$11,852 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas Tech are $11,852 a year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$9,544 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UTEP are $9,544 a year.

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$9,231 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

UTSA undergraduate students pay an average of $9,231 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

#8

Rice University

Houston, TX
$52,895 Average Tuition & Fees

Rice University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rice are $52,895 per year.

Rice not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$60,236 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for environmental engineering students. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMU are $60,236 per year.

SMU also made our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.

Full Environmental Engineering at Southern Methodist University Report

Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 29
Oklahoma 12
New Mexico 2

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 9 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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