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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$36,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Environmental Engineering is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 332 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. California Institute of Technology is located in Pasadena, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Caltech also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Caltech are $56,649, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full California Institute of Technology General Environmental Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. California State University - Fullerton is a large public school situated in Fullerton, California. It awarded 32 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State Fullerton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State Fullerton are $17,892.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k. Riverside, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCR, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Riverside are $28,686.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at University of California - Riverside

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. UC Irvine is a large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 2 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Irvine are $28,456.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at UC Irvine

#5

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #5 spot on the list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 22 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

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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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