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2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
275 Degrees Awarded
$27,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 549 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 275 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 67 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Sustainability Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region 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 handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sustainability Studies Report

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

Full Michigan State Sustainability Studies Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 16 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Green Bay are $19,126.

Full University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Sustainability Studies Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #5 spot on the list. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at UIC

#6 in overall quality

University of Wisconsin - Superior came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Wisconsin - Superior is located in Superior, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

UW - Superior also took the #6 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Superior are $18,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Superior Sustainability Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Concordia University, Wisconsin came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Wisconsin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Concordia University, Wisconsin Sustainability Studies Report

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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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