2026 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Vermont
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the environmental engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools
For return on investment in environmental engineering, no school beat University Of Vermont this year. University Of Vermont is a large public school located in the city of Burlington. In-state tuition and fees average $19,058, compared with $45,502 for out-of-state students. Typical student debt for environmental engineering graduates is $21,000. Soon after graduation, environmental engineering degree recipients from University Of Vermont generally make around $63,697. That is a strong return on a $21,000 median debt. University Of Vermont admits about 65% of applicants.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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