2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,344 people earned their degree in environmental health, making the major the 387th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 221 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 167 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in environmental health. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental health program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 120 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read full report on Environmental Health at Washington University in St Louis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 36 masters’s environmental health degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Full UMN Twin Cities Environmental Health Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Environmental Health Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 11 masters’s environmental health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad 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%.
Read full report on Environmental Health at Iowa
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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