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

6 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Environmental Engineering is the 166th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the New England region, there were 187 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,000 and $25,667 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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 the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Cambridge, Massachusetts 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 3 students in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Environmental Engineering Report

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UMass Amherst

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 2 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576.

Full University of Connecticut Environmental Engineering Report

#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Hartford is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 3 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Hartford

#5

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#6

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

University of New Haven ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New Haven 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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