2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New York

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Environmental Studies is the 85th most popular major in the country with 9,869 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New York, there were 548 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in environmental studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New York

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 52 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

#2 in overall quality

$25,290 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Binghamton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Vestal, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Binghamton University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Binghamton University

#3

Adelphi University

Garden City, New York

$43,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adelphi University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Garden City, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.

Adelphi also made our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adelphi University are $43,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Adelphi

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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