2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across California, there were 1,364 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree bioenvironmental sciences students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in California list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of California - Los Angeles Environmental Science Report

#2

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,670 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Barbara is a large public school situated in Santa Barbara, California. It awarded 6 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSB also made our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Barbara are $28,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental Science at University of California - Santa Barbara

#3

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California

#3 in overall quality

$28,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2019-2020.

UCR also made our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Riverside are $28,686, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Science at UCR

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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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