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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $0-$30k)

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$33,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sustainability studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sustainability studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $0-$30k)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s sustainability degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UIUC

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Sustainability Studies Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Utah State University

#5

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 3 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also took the #6 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#3 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Rochester Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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