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2023 Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia

2 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$34,100 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia

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 “Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 41 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,709 and $25,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability science. To top this list, a school must have a successful sustainability science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia sustainability science students.

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George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. GMU is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Sustainability Science at GMU

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Virginia Wesleyan University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Sustainability Science Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. VWU is a small school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 1 ’s sustainability science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Virginia Wesleyan University

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