by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Arizona, there were 61 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sustainability science.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 14 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, 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 University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Science Major in Arizona. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 6 masters’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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