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

7 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$9,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Environmental Health is the 409th most popular major in the country with 1,254 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 295 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $4,026 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read more about Environmental Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 36 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Georgia.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UGA Environmental Health Report

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $11,026 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full East Carolina University Environmental Health Report

#4

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cullowhee, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

WCU also made our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Western Carolina University is $9,188 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Environmental Health at Western Carolina University

#5

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #5 spot on the list. East Tennessee State University is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.

ETSU also made our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $10,632 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend East Tennessee State University.

Full East Tennessee State University Environmental Health Report

#6

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 22 bachelors’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,397 for southeast region bachelor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Eastern.

Full Eastern Environmental Health Report

#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WKU is $11,714 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Environmental Health at Western Kentucky University

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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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