2024 Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #136 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on environmental engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of environmental engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt environmental engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for environmental engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Engineering Schools

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Environmental Engineering in Arizona

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering.

Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Environmental Engineering

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

36 Annual Graduates

$19,103 Median Student Debt

Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

18 Annual Graduates

$55,113 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Northern Arizona University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the environmental engineering program earn around $55,113 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from Northern Arizona University

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	74
Oklahoma	190	10
New Mexico	133	9

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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Environmental Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Environmental Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Environmental Engineering	59

Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	637
Electrical Engineering	511
Computer Engineering	288
Civil Engineering	241
Chemical Engineering	235
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	233
Biomedical Engineering	179
General Engineering	151
Industrial Engineering	131
Systems Engineering	54

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic. More about our data sources and methodologies.