If you plan on getting your master's degree in sustainability science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #98 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 master's degrees in sustainability science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on sustainability science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of sustainability science students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for sustainability science to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
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 colleges for sustainability science students working on their master's degree.
The sustainability science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey.
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Featured Sustainability Science Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Learn to fit environmental standards into your business practices when you earn your sustainability and environmental compliance MBA at Southern New Hampshire University.
It's difficult to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a master's degree in sustainability science. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's students who receive their degree from the sustainability science program make an average of $58,003 in their early career salary.
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).
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