2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental Engineering is the 166th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,600 and had an average of $23,573 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 187 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,000 and $25,667 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UCONN

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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