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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

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 $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in environmental engineering, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,600 and had an average of $23,573 in loans still to pay off.

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

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 environmental engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best 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 Environmental Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. 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.

Full UT Austin Environmental Engineering Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 25 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Texas Tech University

#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lamar University are $15,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lamar University Environmental Engineering Report

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UH 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 $0-$30k list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #7 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at UTEP

#6 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. 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.

Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#3 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 14 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #3 spot in our “Best 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 SMU are $47,478.

Full SMU Environmental Engineering Report

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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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