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

6 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$35,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in environmental health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental health 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 health 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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Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Health (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $0-$30k list, UGA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UGA Environmental Health Report

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s environmental health degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Emory also made our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Emory Environmental Health Report

#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s environmental health students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree environmental health students whose families make $0-$30k list, Tulane has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tulane Environmental Health Report

#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 11 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Health at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#5

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. ETSU is a public institution located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Health at ETSU

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Health Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 3 doctorate’s environmental health degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Health at UAB

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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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