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Best Value Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$29,154 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,834 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Master'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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master'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.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Environmental Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Montana Technological University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montana Tech are $19,429 per year.

Montana Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value environmental engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Mines graduate students pay an average of $40,844 in tuition and fees each year.

Mines not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 136
Utah 7
Idaho 0
Montana 24
Wyoming 0

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 4 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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