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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

9 Ranked Colleges
274 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 505 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,000 and $24,065 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students with aid.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students with aid per year to attend UF.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at UF

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Florida International University is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 45 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for FIU is $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Sustainability Science at FIU

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. WVU is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 22 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,983 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students with aid per year to attend WVU.

Full WVU Sustainability Science Report

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,048 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students with aid per year to attend George Mason University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full George Mason University Sustainability Science Report

#5

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Alabama is located in Florence, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students with aid list, UNA has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNA is $14,130 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students with aid.

Full UNA Sustainability Science Report

#6 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 5 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Sustainability Science Report

#7

Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#7 in overall quality

Eastern Mennonite University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Eastern Mennonite University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Mennonite also took the #7 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,763 for southeast region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students with aid per year to attend Eastern Mennonite.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Eastern Mennonite Sustainability Science Report

#8

Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#9 in overall quality

Virginia Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

VWU also took the #9 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,425 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students with aid per year to attend Virginia Wesleyan University.

Read more about Sustainability Science at Virginia Wesleyan University

#2 in overall quality

Sewanee - The University of the South came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Sewanee - The University of the South is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sewanee, Tennessee. It awarded 13 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

Sewanee not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sewanee is $30,474 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Sustainability Science at Sewanee

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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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