2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,645 people earned their degree in sustainability science, making the major the 190th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, sustainability science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,011 and had an average of $27,458 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 549 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sustainability science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sustainability science 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 Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 5 doctorate’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sustainability Science Report

#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s sustainability science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at UIC

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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