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 Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 174 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,728 and $21,677 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The sustainability science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Mountain College landed the #1 spot on the list. Glenwood Springs, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado Mountain College Sustainability Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 26 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 17 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Sustainability Science at University of Northern Colorado
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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