2024 Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Sustainability Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #98 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6 master's degrees in sustainability science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to sustainability science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sustainability science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt sustainability science students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sustainability science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for sustainability science students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Sustainability Science Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Sustainability Science in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in sustainability science.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Sustainability Science

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

6 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in sustainability science. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in sustainability science. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from Johns Hopkins University

Best Sustainability Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Sustainability Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	191
Pennsylvania	248	34
New Jersey	188	76

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Sustainability Science Related Rankings by Major

Sustainability Science is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Sustainability Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Sustainability Studies	6

Most Popular Majors Related to Sustainability Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	376
Museum Studies	111
Behavioral Science	33
Human Computer Interaction	28
Biological & Physical Science	27
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	21
Dispute Resolution	19
Historic Preservation	10
Cognitive Science	8
Gerontology	5

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to TonyTheTiger. More about our data sources and methodologies.