2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Health Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

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

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Health at Texas A&M College Station

#2

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 11 masters’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

UTHealth also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are $32,904.

Full UTHealth Environmental Health Report

• Best Value Master’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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

Featured Public Health Schools

Request Info

Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs ... Learn More >