2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in Pennsylvania

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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 Pennsylvania, there were 168 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 3 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Pennsylvania”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in Pennsylvania

1

Chatham University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chatham University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Pennsylvania list. Chatham University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Chatham University

2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s sustainability science students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 Carnegie Mellon

3

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 overall quality in Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full UPenn Sustainability Science Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’s 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.

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