2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree School for You
With 155 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, environmental engineering is the #172 most popular major in Texas.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Texas to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for environmental engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Environmental Engineering
Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.
UT Austin also made our Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.
Lamar University graduate students pay an average of $8,411 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value environmental engineering schools in Texas. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M Kingsville are $6,157 a year.
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Out of the 7 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on this year’s best value schools for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $7,166 per year.
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Southern Methodist University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree environmental engineering programs. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU are $35,802 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, SMU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.
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Request InformationBest Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 88 |
| Oklahoma | 22 |
| New Mexico | 11 |
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Majors Related to Environmental Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, environmental engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.
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