by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Environmental Science is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,274 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,038 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,730 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 89 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferrum College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Ferrum, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catawba College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Catawba is a small school located in Salisbury, North Carolina that handed out 20 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 89 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brevard College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Brevard, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 89 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Flagler College - St Augustine landed the #4 spot on the list. Flagler College - St Augustine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Augustine, Florida. It awarded 40 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 89 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bridgewater is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgewater, Virginia. It awarded 14 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rhodes College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Young Harris College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Young Harris College is a small school located in Young Harris, Georgia that handed out 5 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Berry College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Mount Berry, Georgia, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, American Public University System did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. American Military University is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 313 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
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Randolph College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Bethany College West Virginia ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Bethany, West Virginia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #12, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 99 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #13, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Montreat College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Montreat College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Montreat, North Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Alderson Broaddus University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. Alderson Broaddus University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philippi, West Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #16, Georgia College & State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Milledgeville, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
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Emory and Henry College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Emory, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Hollins University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Hollins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Roanoke, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Georgia Gwinnett College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Gwinnett College is a public institution located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Longwood University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. Longwood is a public institution located in Farmville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Auburn University at Montgomery ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. AUM is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 94 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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Tuskegee University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Tuskegee, Alabama, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Millsaps College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
University of Lynchburg came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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