2022 Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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 in the Plains States Region” 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 16 environmental education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 environmental education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The environmental education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Environmental Education Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Education in the Plains States Region

#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 in the Plains States Region. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Duluth are $28,606, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Education at University of Minnesota - Duluth

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

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