2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Energy and Environmental Policy

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Energy and Environmental Policy Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 20 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, energy and environmental policy is the most popular major in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 energy and environmental policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality energy and environmental policy 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 energy and environmental policy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The energy and environmental policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Energy and Environmental Policy Schools for a Master’s”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Energy and Environmental Policy Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Energy and Environmental Policy

#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 Energy and Environmental Policy Schools for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s energy and environmental policy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ESF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Energy and Environmental Policy 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.

Read full report on Energy and Environmental Policy at ESF

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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