2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

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 Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” 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 Michigan, there were 115 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree environmental engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 15 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U-M General Environmental Engineering Report

#2

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$21,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Michigan Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at Michigan Tech

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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