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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

4 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Sustainability Studies is the 294th most popular major in the country with 2,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 223 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in sustainability studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sustainability studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sustainability studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts Amherst is $13,137 for new england region bachelor’s degree sustainability students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UMass Amherst

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,747 for new england region bachelor’s degree sustainability students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNH.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at UNH

#3

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bentley University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sustainability degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Bentley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $25,432 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bentley.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Bentley Sustainability Studies Report

#4

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the #4 spot on the list. Providence College is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Providence College is $19,328 for new england region bachelor’s degree sustainability students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at Providence

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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