2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 6 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality water resources engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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The water resources engineering 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 Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 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 made our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

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

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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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