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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 52 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental health programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

UTHealth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTHealth are $32,904.

Read full report on Environmental Health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Health at University of Arizona

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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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