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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 New Mexico, there were 11 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico

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

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

#1

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$25,602 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Tech are $25,602, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full New Mexico Tech Environmental Engineering Report

#2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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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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