2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New England region, there were 70 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 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.

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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Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990.

Read full report on Environmental Health at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Full Harvard University Environmental Health Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Read more about Environmental Health at Boston University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health

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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