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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #2 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 UIUC are $30,083.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at UIUC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 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 University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Read more about Sustainability Science at UIC

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s sustainability science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598.

Full Utah State University Sustainability Science Report

#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s sustainability science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also took the #6 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 UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at UNC Charlotte

#4

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate.

Penn State University Park also took the #4 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 Penn State University Park are $38,728.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Pennsylvania State University - University Park

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #1 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 Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194.

Read more about Sustainability Science at Columbia

#3 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Doctorate ranking. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about 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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