by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Far Western US region, there were 388 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,714 and $20,476 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 172 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sustainability science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii Maui College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Maui College is a public institution located in Kahului, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Sustainability Science at University of Hawaii Maui College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region. Western Washington University is a fairly large public school situated in Bellingham, Washington. It awarded 38 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Western Washington University Sustainability Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region. University of California - Riverside is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 52 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read more about Sustainability Science at University of California - Riverside
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Sustainability Science at Oregon State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Forest Grove, Oregon. It awarded 6 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read more about Sustainability Science at Pacific University
Western Oregon University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sustainability science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Sustainability Science at Western Oregon State College
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 20 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
California Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 1 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full California Baptist University Sustainability Science Report
Pepperdine University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Pepperdine University is a fairly large school located in Malibu, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Alaska Pacific University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Sustainability Science at Alaska Pacific University
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
