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

6 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$35,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental health programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental health program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory University is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 5 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $30-$48k list, Emory has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Environmental Health 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 Emory University are $44,676.

Read more about Environmental Health at Emory

#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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Georgia Environmental Health Report

#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Tulane Environmental Health Report

#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Environmental Health Report

#5

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental health degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ETSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Health 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 ETSU are $25,679.

Read more about Environmental Health at ETSU

#4 in overall quality

University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UAB Environmental Health Report

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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%.

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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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