2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $0-$30k)

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 “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Biology is the 661st most popular major in the country with 442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$58,120 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hanover, New Hampshire. It awarded 8 doctorate’s environmental microbiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dartmouth are $58,120, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental microbiology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree environmental microbiology students whose families make $0-$30k list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at North Dakota State University

#3

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental microbiology students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

Full ASU - Tempe Environmental Biology Report

#4

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental microbiology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Morgan State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Biology at Morgan State

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

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