by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Southeast region, there were 258 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in environmental health. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in environmental health.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cullowhee, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Environmental Health at Eastern Kentucky University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
East Carolina University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 6 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2020-2021.
Western Kentucky University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental health students in 2020-2021.
Mississippi Valley State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Itta Bena, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Full Mississippi Valley State University Environmental Health Report
Benedict College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Benedict College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Environmental Health at Benedict College
Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Environmental Health Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 29 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Tulane University of Louisiana Environmental Health Report
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