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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$26,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Environmental Engineering is the #175 most popular major in the country with 2,759 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for environmental engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Environmental Engineering

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Our analysis found University of Houston to be the best value school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Houston

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 per year.

Full Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#4

Rice University

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rice are $49,941 per year.

Rice also made our Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.

Full Environmental Engineering at Rice University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 per year.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for environmental engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree environmental engineering programs. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 155
Arizona 88
Oklahoma 22
New Mexico 11

Environmental Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 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.

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