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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
275 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 549 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 275 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 7 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sustainability science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Great Lakes Region

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Superior. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Superior is a small school located in Superior, Wisconsin that handed out 3 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Superior also made our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Superior are $18,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Superior Sustainability Science Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 masters’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Science at UIUC

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 16 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Green Bay are $19,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Sustainability Science Report

#3 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 #4 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 62 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree sustainability science students list, UIC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIC Sustainability Science Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability science degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Michigan State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability science degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree sustainability science students list, Michigan State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sustainability Science at Michigan State

#1 in overall quality

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 67 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Science at U-M

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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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