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2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental Engineering is the 166th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southeast region, there were 526 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,550 and $23,472 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental 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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Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334.

Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Environmental Engineering Report

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 9 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Florida Environmental Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.

Full University of Central Florida Environmental Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at USF Tampa

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Clemson is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 6 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Clemson University

#6

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Vanderbilt University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 7 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt

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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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