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2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s

7 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Water Resources Engineering is the 1005th most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in water resources engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great water resources engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the water resources engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree water resources engineering students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #1 spot on the list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Villanova did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719.

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#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 5 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University at Buffalo, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.

Full University at Buffalo Water Resources Engineering Report

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 8 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

Read full report on Water Resources Engineering at Oregon State

#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s water resources engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #7 spot in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Read full report on Water Resources Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 3 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree water resources engineering students list, U of I has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Water Resources Engineering at University of Idaho

#6

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#3 in overall quality

University of Delaware ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 5 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UD also made our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Water Resources Engineering at University of Delaware

#7

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

University of Southern California landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s ranking. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 3 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern California Water Resources Engineering Report

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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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