2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 505 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,000 and $24,065 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,648 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability science degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Sustainability Science Report

#2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability science degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree sustainability science students list, Georgia Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Science at Georgia Tech

#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$39,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,426 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree sustainability science students list, Wake Forest University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Wake Forest University

#4

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree sustainability science students list, SCAD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at SCAD

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science

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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