2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Environmental Studies is the 85th most popular major in the country with 9,869 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,429 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$20,498 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tennessee Technological University is a fairly large public school situated in Cookeville, Tennessee. It awarded 4 doctorate’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee Technological University are $20,498, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Tennessee Tech University

#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecosystem Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Duke 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

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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