2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,254 people earned their degree in environmental health, making the major the 409th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 151 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree environmental health students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

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#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 23 masters’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read more about Environmental Health at UMN Twin Cities

#3

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 92 masters’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Health at Washington University in St Louis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health (With Aid)

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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