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

7 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$32,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in New York

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 New York” 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 New York, there were 307 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,250 and $18,887 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 100 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in New York

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

ESF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at ESF

#2

The City College of New York

New York, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The City College of New York. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 4 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CCNY also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The City College of New York are $20,832.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at The City College of New York

#3

Manhattan College

Riverdale, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Manhattan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Riverdale, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree environmental engineering students list, Manhattan has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Manhattan are $20,102, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Manhattan College Environmental Engineering Report

#4

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Clarkson University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Potsdam, New York. It awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clarkson are $34,232.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University

#5

New York University

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York. New York University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Full New York University Environmental Engineering Report

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#4 in overall quality

Syracuse University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also took the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Syracuse University Environmental Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking, coming in at #7. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York 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%.

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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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