2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in Arizona (With Aid)

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 Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Arizona, there were 574 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental studies 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 Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 49 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies (With Aid)

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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