2021 Best Environmental Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges
321Bachelor's Degrees
$31,834Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Environmental Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental engineering programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The environmental engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying environmental engineering.
Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional environmental engineering students. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,455 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
University of California - Riverside earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the city of Riverside. UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Far Western US Region list.
About 0.8% of UCR students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 17,351 students at UCR that take at least one class online. About 1,118 of the students at UCR are attending part time.
Humboldt State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Humboldt State University also made our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at Humboldt State University is lower than is typical, just 2.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,740 students at Humboldt State University that take at least one class online. 853 of Humboldt State University students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
