2023 Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

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Environmental Studies is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,473 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful environmental studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Southeast Region

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s ecosystem studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Duke

2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s ecosystem studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

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Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ecosystem Studies Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Tennessee Technological University is located in Cookeville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s ecosystem studies degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Studies at Tennessee Technological University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies

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.