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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

7 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 120 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 7 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list.

Penn State University Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Pennsylvania State University - University Park General Environmental Engineering Report

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Temple

#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lehigh University General Environmental Engineering Report

#4

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucknell University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Bucknell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bucknell University are $25,412.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Bucknell

#5

Gannon University

Erie, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gannon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gannon, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gannon University are $20,660.

Full Gannon General Environmental Engineering Report

#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Drexel University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Drexel is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Drexel General Environmental Engineering Report

#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

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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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