2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Science is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,339 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 238 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental science 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 science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science (Income $48-$75k) in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Science at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. GMU is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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