2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Connecticut, there were 95 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental engineering programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of Connecticut

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UHart also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Hartford

#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610.

Full University of New Haven Environmental Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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