2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 1,254 people earned their degree in environmental health, making the major the 409th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 358 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 27 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.
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
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,322 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s. Brigham Young University - Idaho is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, BYU - I has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,167 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students per year to attend BYU - I.
The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s. Western Carolina University 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.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, WCU has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WCU is $13,722 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Illinois State University is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,895 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students per year to attend Illinois State University.
The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Out of the 27 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the #5 spot on the list. California State University - Northridge is a public institution located in Northridge, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CSUN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend CSUN is $8,414 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Health at California State University - Northridge
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a fairly large school located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin that handed out 5 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
UW Oshkosh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,463 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students per year to attend UW Oshkosh.
Missouri Southern State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Missouri Southern State University is a medium-sized school located in Joplin, Missouri that handed out 13 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
Missouri Southern also took the #22 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Missouri Southern State University is $9,625 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
East Carolina University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, ECU has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend East Carolina University is $15,844 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
East Central University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. East Central University is a small school located in Ada, Oklahoma that handed out 14 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, ECU has also earned the #25 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,334 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students per year to attend ECU.
With a ranking of #10, West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.
WCUPA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for West Chester University of Pennsylvania is $22,495 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Central Michigan University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Central Michigan is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
Central Michigan also made our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan is $15,981 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
Oakland University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. This fairly large school is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
Oakland also took the #13 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,802 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students per year to attend Oakland.
University of Georgia landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 36 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $13,649 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Health at University of Georgia
With a ranking of #14, York College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. York College is located in Jamaica, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, York has also earned the #17 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend York is $3,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
With a ranking of #15, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Eastern Kentucky University is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Kentucky University is $14,149 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 18 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, Colorado State has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,668 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students per year to attend Colorado State.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
OHIO Athens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $22,906 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students per year to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus.
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Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Kentucky University is $11,962 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 21 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Chapel Hill, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNC Chapel Hill is $12,352 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
East Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #20. This fairly large school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
ETSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #23 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend ETSU is $14,332 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IU Bloomington is $13,253 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Boise State University landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Boise State is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 1 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
Boise State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #21 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,787 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students per year to attend Boise State University.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree environmental health students list, UW Seattle has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $13,297 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Texas Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #24. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas Southern University is $19,430 for bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is $17,796 for Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students.
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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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- *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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