by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Environmental Engineering Major in Wisconsin” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,759 people earned their degree in environmental engineering, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,215 and had an average of $24,744 in loans still to pay off.
Across Wisconsin, there were 72 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,099 and $18,918 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Environmental Engineering Major in Wisconsin” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular environmental engineering programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin environmental engineering students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Environmental Engineering Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Platteville, Wisconsin, and it awarded 25 ’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Environmental Engineering Major in Wisconsin. Marquette University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 ’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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