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

5 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$32,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 505 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in sustainability studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sustainability studies programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The sustainability school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree sustainability students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 83 degrees to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also made our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USF Tampa Sustainability Studies Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Georgia Tech is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 11 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Georgia Tech

#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wake Forest University Sustainability Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree sustainability students whose families make $0-$30k list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #5 spot on the list. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sustainability degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at SCAD

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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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