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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$33,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Sustainability Science is the 190th most popular major in the country with 2,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sustainability science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sustainability science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

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 For Those Getting Aid list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree sustainability science students with aid list, UIUC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 6 doctorate’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Science at Columbia University in the City of New York

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. 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 took the #5 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

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#4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree sustainability science students with aid list, UNC Charlotte has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 1 doctorate’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Science at USU

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 7 doctorate’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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