2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the New England region, there were 1,207 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 18 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Science at Yale University

#2

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 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 the New England Region list. UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485.

Read more about Environmental Science at UMass Boston

#3

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Clark is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

Clark also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Science at Clark University

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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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