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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 masters’s environmental engineering degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 2 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #0 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. 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

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 masters’s environmental engineering degrees 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.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst 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 Getting Aid. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UHart, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Hartford Environmental Engineering Report

#5

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 21 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of New Haven

#6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Worcester, Massachusetts 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.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree environmental engineering students with aid list, WPI has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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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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