Cerium-based MOFs (Ce-MOFs) are regarded as attractive porous materials showing various structures, excellent thermal and chemical stability, tunable porous properties, and simple synthetic methods that are useful for wastewater treatment applications. Hence, in the present work, we synthesized a series of Ce-MOFs through a fast and green synthetic method at room temperature using water as a green solvent. Four different solvents including ethanol, chloroform, acetone, and methanol were used in the solvent-exchange process to engineer the properties of prepared Ce-MOFs. The influence of different exchange solvents on the crystalline structure, porous structure, thermal stability, and surface morphology of Ce-MOFs was studied systematically. It was found that exchange solvents can significantly affect the chemical and physical properties of prepared Ce-MOFs. Using ethanol as an exchange solvent results in the production of highly crystalline MOF that has the highest surface area (843 m