2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Science is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,339 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,187 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 109 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental science 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 Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
Villanova did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duquesne, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne University are $24,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stockton University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Stockton State is a medium-sized school located in Galloway, New Jersey that handed out 6 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
Stockton State also took the #9 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stockton State are $21,545, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #4 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 4 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 10 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
ESF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers New Brunswick, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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American University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. The American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 8 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
The American University also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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University of Pennsylvania came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. UPenn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UPenn also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760.
Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 degrees to qualified masters’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree bioenvironmental sciences students list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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- *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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