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2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Environmental Health is the 409th most popular major in the country with 1,254 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 295 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in environmental health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental health 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 Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $6,063 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Environmental Health Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 36 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $10,241 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UGA Environmental Health Report

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. East Carolina University is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $12,195 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Environmental Health at East Carolina University

#4

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

WCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Carolina University is $11,358 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Environmental Health at WCU

#5

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend East Tennessee State University is $12,703 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Environmental Health at East Tennessee State University

#6

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

Eastern Kentucky University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also made our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $11,641 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Environmental Health at Eastern

#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $14,790 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend WKU.

Read more about Environmental Health at Western Kentucky University

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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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