2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paper Science & Engineering (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 45 people earned their degree in paper science and engineering, making the major the 1094th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 paper science and engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in paper science and engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great paper science and engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the paper science and engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The paper engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paper Science & Engineering (With Aid)

#1

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$24,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a small school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 5 masters’s paper engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF also made our “Best Paper Science & Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are $24,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Paper Science & Engineering at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Paper Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s paper engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Paper Science & Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WMU Paper Science & Engineering Report

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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