2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 9,869 people earned their degree in environmental studies, making the major the 85th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,340 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 204 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in environmental studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental studies 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 environmental studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 52 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree ecosystem studies students with aid list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Pennsylvania is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 77 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Vestal, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.
Binghamton University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290, 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.
Ship did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ship are $16,830, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #5 spot on the list. Point Park University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Point Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park are $17,748, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Goucher College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Goucher, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Goucher College are $9,047, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Adelphi University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Garden City, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Adelphi, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adelphi are $43,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.
American University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree ecosystem studies students with aid list, The American University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524.
George Washington University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.
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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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