2023 Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Science is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,274 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 495 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular environmental science programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Environmental Science at Iowa State

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Science at South Dakota State University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science

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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.