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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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General Environmental Engineering is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 526 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general environmental engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 7 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #4 spot on the list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Clemson University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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