2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 2,038 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental science programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree bioenvironmental sciences students.
Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the Southeast Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 17 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 3 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Bioenvironmental Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 1 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2019-2020.
U Miami also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220.
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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%.
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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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