2019 Most Affordable Online Master's in Environmental Science
The following 25 schools are ranked for their affordable tuition rates for their master's in environmental science programs. All programs offer an annual tuition of less than $12,000 and offer a variety of concentrations within the field of environmental science. American Public University System ranks #1, with eight concentrations in environmental science and an annual tuition of $6,300. University of Idaho has an annual tuition of $9,352 and offers a Professional Science Master in various environmental justice specializations.
You can read more about our ranked schools below or browse our 2019 rankings of the most affordable online bachelor's in environmental science degrees. View our methodology or learn more about SR Education Group.
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- Annual Tuition: $6,300
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and DEAC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 8,961
- Example Classes:
Air Quality Management; Conservation Biology; Energy Policy and Sustainability; Environmental and Ecosystems Management; Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy, Regulation, and Law
Online Master's Degrees (8)
- Master of Public Administration - Environmental Policy
- Master of Public Policy - Environmental Policy
- Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Management
- Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Managem...
- Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Managem...
- Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Managem...
- Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Managem...
- Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Managem...
- Annual Tuition: $6,312
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 7,362
- Example Classes:
Design Thinking and Creative Process; Energy-Efficient Building Design; Guiding Design with Historic Preservation; Information Visualization and Visual Analytic; Recent Trends in Environmental Design; Sustainable Technologies and Systems
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $6,400
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,019
- Example Classes:
Environmental Biophysics; Insect Ecology; Integrated Pest Management; Landscape and Ecosystem Ecology; The Ecology of Plants and Plant Communities
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $6,525
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 5,632
- Example Classes:
Bioenergy & Environment; Ecohydraulics & River Corridor Function; Intro to Land & Water Engineering; Soil Chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Wetlands Design & Restoration
- Annual Tuition: $7,110
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NEASC CIHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,664
- Example Classes:
Climate Adaptation in Urban Areas; Dynamics of Human Habitations; Environmental and Occupational Toxicology; Environmental Soil Chemistry; Hydric Soils; Inorganic Soil Contaminants
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,245
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,469
- Example Classes:
Environmental Natural Sciences; Environmental Social Sciences and the Humanities; Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems; Land Use and Environmental Planning; Research Methods in Environmental Studies
Online Master's Degrees (4)
- Annual Tuition: $7,665
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 432
- Example Classes:
Communication and Change; Environmental Economics; Environmental Law & Policy; Human Dimensions of Sustainability; Quantitative Methods in Sustainability; Science of Sustainability
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,034
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,280
- Example Classes:
Ecology of Animal Population; Forestry & Watershed Management; Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management; Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management; Introduction to Environmental Federal Laws and Policy; Wetland Ecology and Management
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,541
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,532
- Example Classes:
Advanced Forest Economics; Applied Climatology; Forest Resource Economics; Forest Resource Management; International Forest Resources & Trade; Natural Hazards
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $9,352
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,194
- Example Classes:
Drinking Water and Human Health; Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Environmental Lifecycle Assessment; Environmental Philosophy; History of Energy; Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Contaminants
Online Master's Degrees (8)
- M.S. in Environmental Science
- M.S. in Natural Resources
- Master of Natural Resources in Fire Ecology and Man...
- Master of Natural Resources in Integrated Natural R...
- Professional Science Masters - Ecohydrological Scie...
- Professional Science Masters - Environmental Contam...
- Professional Science Masters - Sustainable Science
- Professional Science Masters - Water Resource Manag...
- Annual Tuition: $10,515
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,588
- Example Classes:
Current Perspectives in Microbial Ecology; Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources; Natural Resource Biopolitics; Population Estimation and Dynamics; Wetland; Wildlife Conservation and Management
Online Master's Degrees (6)
- Master of Science in Environmental Sustainability a...
- Master of Science in Environmental Sustainability a...
- Master of Science in Plant and Soil Science - Crop ...
- Master of Science in Plant and Soil Science - Crop ...
- Master of Science in Plant and Soil Science - Fiber...
- Master of Science in Plant and Soil Science - Soil ...
- Annual Tuition: $10,530
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 17,330
- Example Classes:
Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Environments I; Effective Environmental Communication; Environmental Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems; Fundamental Concepts of Climate Change: Scientific Perspectives; Marine and Coastal Flora and Fauna; Marine Protected Areas: Science, Siting and Monitoring
Online Master's Degrees (5)
- Master of Arts in Cross-Disciplinary Studies - Coastal Environment & Society
- Master of Science in Coastal Zone Management
- Master of Science in Coastal Zone Management - Capstone Track
- Master of Science in Coastal Zone Management - Thesis Track
- Master of Science in Disaster and Emergency Preparedness - Environmental Hazards
- Annual Tuition: $10,575
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,679
- Example Classes:
Design and Data Analysis for Researchers; Energetics for Science Educators; Evolutionary Biology for Educators; Myth Busters: Science/Controversy/Evaluation; Pollution and Environmental Biology for Educators
- Annual Tuition: $10,800
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 13,019
- Example Classes:
Advance Geographical Information System for Natural Resourses Planning; Earth Systems; Environmental Economics; Environmental Psychology; Introduction to Geographic Information Systems; Nature and American Culture
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $11,862
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 13,310
- Example Classes:
Environment and Ecosystems Principles; Environmental and Natural Resources Economics; Environmental Auditing; Environmental Regulations and Policy; Environmental Risk Assessment; Environmental Technology
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,024
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 788
- Example Classes:
Environmental Justice Issues and Policy; Epidemiology; Pandemics, Bioterrorism and Biosecurity
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,179
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 426
- Example Classes:
Advanced Earth Systems Science; Advanced Soil and Water Conservation Engineering; Global Climate and Climate Change; Natural Resources Policy and Administration; Production of Biorenewable Resources; Wetland Science
Online Master's Degrees (4)
- Master of Science in Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Master of Science in Agriculture & Natural Resources - Agribusiness & Risk Management
- Master of Science in Agriculture & Natural Resources - Natural Resources Systems Management
- Master of Science in Agriculture & Natural Resources - Systems Science in Agriculture
- Annual Tuition: $13,050
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NEASC CIHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 239
- Example Classes:
Bioregional Theory and Practice; Environmental History & Philosophy; Environmental Law & Policy; Environmental Leadership & Community Involvement; Natural Systems Ecology
Online Master's Degrees (6)
- Master of Science in Environmental Studies
- Master of Science in Environmental Studies - Conser...
- Master of Science in Environmental Studies - Self D...
- Master of Science in Environmental Studies - Writin...
- Master of Science in Resilient and Sustainable Comm...
- Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems
- Annual Tuition: $13,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 7,379
- Example Classes:
Advanced Wetland Soils and Mitigation; Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution; Environmental Science Concepts for Professionals; Reclamation of Disturbed Lands; Soils for Professionals; Water Quality for Professionals
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $14,040
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 10,768
- Example Classes:
Environmental Accounting; Environmental Risk Management and Strategies; Environmental Science; Management of Air Quality; Management of Land and Water Resources; Waste Management and Pollution Control
Online Master's Degrees (2)
#21
Troy University
- Annual Tuition: $14,820
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,711
- Example Classes:
Environmental and Biological Ethics; Environmental History of the U.S.; Global Pollution and International Environmental Policy; Land Use Planning; Pollution Science; Public Health
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $14,872
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 14,658
- Example Classes:
Climate Change & Energy; Environmental Analysis & Assessment; Health & Sustainable Transportation; Livable Communities & Design; Transportation Economics; Transportation Planning & Design
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $14,922
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 14,897
- Example Classes:
Geographic Information Systems; Grazing Management and Range Nutrition; Landscape Analysis and Modeling; Natural Resources Policy; Wetland Delineation
Online Master's Degrees (6)
- Annual Tuition: $15,444
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,008
- Example Classes:
Aquatic Biology; Coastal Wetlands Ecology; Conservation Biology; Ecological Restoration; Environmental Toxicology; Evolution
Online Master's Degrees (1)
#25
Prescott College
- Annual Tuition: $15,732
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 347
- Example Classes:
Awakening Citizens to Community Engagement for Beneficial Change; Climate Justice and Climate Consequences; Ecogender for the 21st Century; Ecopsychology; Engaging in Place: An Active Introduction to Civic Ecology; Literature for a Living Planet
Online Master's Degrees (1)
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