2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paper Science & Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Paper Science & Engineering is the 347th most popular major in the country with 45 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, paper science and engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 paper science and engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in paper science and engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality paper science and engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the paper science and engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree paper engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paper Science & Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

#1

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s paper engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ESF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Paper Science & Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 3 masters’s paper engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Paper Science & Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Paper Science & Engineering at Western Michigan University

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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