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

8 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas

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 Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 169 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking analyzed 8 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in Texas

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree environmental engineering students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Full UT Austin Environmental Engineering Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 25 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Texas Tech University

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at UH

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 7 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

#6

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Lamar University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Lamar University

#7

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Rice University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Rice University

#3 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 14 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at SMU

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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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