2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 86 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 72 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UMBC also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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 U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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