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2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

4 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 76 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general environmental engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school situated in Rolla, Missouri. It awarded 21 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $14,262 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UND is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UND is $15,738 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UND General Environmental Engineering Report

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 9 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $19,145 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Iowa.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at University of Iowa

#4

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 16 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UMN Twin Cities General Environmental Engineering Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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