2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in California

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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in California

#1

California State University - Fullerton

Fullerton, California

#3 in overall quality

$17,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 list. Fullerton, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 32 students 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State Fullerton are $17,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at California State University - Fullerton

#2

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California

#4 in overall quality

$28,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #2 spot on the list. 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Riverside are $28,686, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at UCR

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 22 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 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 USC are $48,715.

Full University of Southern California General Environmental Engineering Report

#4

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

#2 in overall quality

$56,649 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California. California Institute of Technology is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 5 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Caltech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of Technology are $56,649, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full California Institute of Technology General Environmental 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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