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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio” ranking.
Sustainability Science is the 176th most popular major in the country with 3,005 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Ohio, there were 102 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,815 and $25,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otterbein University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio list. Otterbein University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Westerville, Ohio. It awarded 5 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio. Miami University - Oxford is a public institution located in Oxford, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Xavier University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio. Xavier University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sustainability science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Hamilton. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Ohio list. Miami University - Hamilton is a public institution located in Hamilton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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