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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$47,712 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,196 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

Environmental Engineering is the #175 most popular major in Massachusetts with 54 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value programs for environmental engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the environmental engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

$16,439 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for environmental engineering students. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,439 per year.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

$55,878 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great value for environmental engineering students. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

MIT undergraduate students pay an average of $55,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for environmental engineering in Massachusetts.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$55,531 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great value for environmental engineering students. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WPI are $55,531 per year. The average amount in student loans that environmental engineering majors at WPI take out is $27,000.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, WPI also did well on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA
$63,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Tufts also is in the top 15% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Tufts University

Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 96
New Hampshire 27
Vermont 21

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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