2025 Best Environmental Health Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
173Environmental Health Degrees Awarded
A degree in environmental health is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #387 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of environmental health. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 173 degrees in environmental health annually.
The online MPH degree at SNHU gives you a solid grounding in the scientific basis of public health, preparing you to effect change for entire populations.
Your choice of environmental health school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Health School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Environmental Health Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The online MPH degree at SNHU gives you a solid grounding in the scientific basis of public health, preparing you to effect change for entire populations.
Best Schools for Environmental Health in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the environmental health degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Environmental Health
It's difficult to beat University of Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in environmental health. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City. This university ranks 1st out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 23 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in environmental health has to take a look at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 34 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri Southern State University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in environmental health. Located in the small city of Joplin, Missouri Southern is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 21 environmental health students who graduated with this degree at Missouri Southern in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).