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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in environmental engineering, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,600 and had an average of $23,573 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 169 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 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 Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Texas

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Rice University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 25 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech University Environmental Engineering Report

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UH

#5

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #5 spot on the list. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lamar University Environmental Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UTEP

#6 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#3 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Southern Methodist University 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.

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