2024 Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in New York

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for sustainability science students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 201 master's degrees in sustainability science to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Sustainability Science School for Your Master's Degree

The sustainability science master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality sustainability science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Sustainability Science

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

110 Annual Graduates

$73,816 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a master's degree in sustainability science. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Sustainability Science master's degree recipients from Columbia University in the City of New York receive an earnings boost of about $13,115 above the typical income of sustainability science majors.

More information about a master’s in sustainability science from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

The New School
New York, NY

21 Annual Graduates

$52,594 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat The New School if you wish to pursue a master's degree in sustainability science. Located in the city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the sustainability science program earn an average of $52,594 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in sustainability science from The New School

3

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

5 Annual Graduates

Hofstra University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in sustainability science. Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hempstead.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from Hofstra University

4

The City College of New York
New York, NY

36 Annual Graduates

$55,692 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat The City College of New York if you wish to pursue a master's degree in sustainability science. CCNY is a fairly large public college located in the city of New York.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the sustainability science program earn about $55,692 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in sustainability science from The City College of New York

Best Sustainability Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	34
Maryland	193	6
New Jersey	188	76

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Rankings in Majors Related to Sustainability Science

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Sustainability Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Sustainability Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Sustainability Studies	201

Most Popular Majors Related to Sustainability Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Behavioral Science	252
Nutrition Science	223
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	208
Systems Theory	177
Biological & Physical Science	116
Museum Studies	100
Computational Science	73
Human Computer Interaction	51
Dispute Resolution	48
Data Analytics	36

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.