2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.
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.
For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students.
Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 6 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia Tech also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
UF also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 7 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Vanderbilt also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #5 spot on the list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UCF 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657.
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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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