2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in New York

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In 2019-2020, 9,869 people earned their degree in environmental studies, making the major the 85th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree ecosystem studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in New York

#1

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

#2 in overall quality

$25,290 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York. Located in Vestal, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies 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.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Master’s in New York list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to 52 students 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 are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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