You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Pennsylvania list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 ’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sustainability Science Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend Carnegie Mellon is $36,775 for Pennsylvania Sustainability Science students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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