2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Education

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 84 people earned their degree in environmental education, making the major the 1127th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 environmental education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in environmental education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree environmental education students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Education

#1

University of Minnesota - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,606 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth also made our “Best Environmental Education Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Duluth are $28,606.

Full University of Minnesota - Duluth Environmental Education Report

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s. U of I is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Environmental Education Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112.

Full U of I Environmental Education Report

#3

Universidad Metropolitana

San Juan, <nil>

#4 in overall quality

$3,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Universidad Metropolitana landed the #3 spot on the list. UMET is located in San Juan, and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s environmental education degrees to qualified students.

UMET also took the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Education Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Universidad Metropolitana are $3,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Education at UMET

#4

Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, New York

#3 in overall quality

$37,484 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bard College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s. Annandale-On-Hudson, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Bard also made our “Best Environmental Education Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bard are $37,484, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bard College Environmental Education Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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