2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 3,005 people earned their degree in sustainability science, making the major the 176th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, sustainability science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,827 and had an average of $23,160 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 388 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,714 and $20,476 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sustainability science.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Far Western US Region

1

Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lane Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region. This medium-sized school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 2 associates’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Lane Community College

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University of Antelope Valley
Lancaster, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Antelope Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Lancaster, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s sustainability science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UAV Sustainability Science Report

• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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