2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,339 people earned their degree in environmental science, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 417 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental science programs, but they also 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 science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The bioenvironmental sciences 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 Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2019-2020.

Clark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k list. UMass Boston is a public institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Boston are $36,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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