by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 193 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,050 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability science. That schools that top this list have a program in sustainability science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree sustainability science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College landed the #1 spot on the list. Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College is a small public school situated in New Town, North Dakota. It awarded 2 associates’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Plains States Region. Lake Superior College is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.
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