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

5 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$35,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree environmental health students.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Southeast Region

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Read full report on Environmental Health at University of Georgia

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

UAB also made our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188.

Read full report on Environmental Health at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. 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 UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Health at UofSC

#4

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. East Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school situated in Johnson City, Tennessee. It awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. 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 East Tennessee State University

#5

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Health at Emory

#6

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s environmental health degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana 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%.

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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