2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the Far Western US Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Environmental Science is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,274 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 2,044 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in environmental science.
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Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree bioenvironmental sciences students.
Top 9 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Merced landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Merced is a medium-sized school located in Merced, California that handed out 6 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of California - Merced Environmental Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Environmental Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Environmental Science at Oregon State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. University of California - Santa Barbara is a large public school situated in Santa Barbara, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of California - Santa Barbara Environmental Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. University of California - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Environmental Science at UCLA
University of Oregon ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 UO Environmental Science Report
University of California - Riverside landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read more about Environmental Science at UCR
Oregon Health & Science University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Environmental Science at Oregon Health & Science University
Portland State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate ranking. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 44 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Science at Portland State University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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