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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Texas, there were 169 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Texas

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, Rice has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913.

Full Rice General Environmental Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at UT Austin

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Tech University General Environmental Engineering Report

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689.

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#5

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also took the #8 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699.

Full Lamar University General Environmental Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UTEP has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas A&M Kingsville has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville General Environmental Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 14 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, 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%.

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  • *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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