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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

2 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$49,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Environmental Engineering Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Connecticut Environmental Engineering Report

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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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