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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general environmental engineering programs, but they also 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 general environmental engineering program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in California

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

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. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Fullerton are $17,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Caltech also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of Technology are $56,649.

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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 $75-$110k. University of California - Riverside is located in Riverside, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCR are $28,686, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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 $75-$110k list. University of California - Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

UC Irvine also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #5 spot on the list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

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 USC 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%.

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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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