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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Michigan, there were 115 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,500 and $22,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking looked at 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree environmental engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$21,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,641 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 8 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Michigan Tech

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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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