2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 442 people earned their degree in environmental biology, making the major the 661st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 33 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in environmental biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The environmental microbiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$11,454 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for southwest region bachelor’s degree environmental microbiology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,251 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to qualified students.

NAU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $9,251 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Microbiology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full NAU Environmental Biology Report

#3

Southern Nazarene University

Bethany, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$17,239 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Nazarene University landed the #3 spot on the list. Bethany, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s environmental microbiology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

SNU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Nazarene University is $17,239 for southwest region bachelor’s degree environmental microbiology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Environmental Biology at SNU

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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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