2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 151 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental health program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The environmental health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Environmental Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Plains States Region

#1

St Charles Community College

Cottleville, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$2,993 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Charles Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. SCC is located in Cottleville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

SCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Health Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SCC is $2,993 for plains states region associate degree environmental health students.

Read more about Environmental Health at St Charles Community College

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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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