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2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$26,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,645 people earned their degree in sustainability studies, making the major the 294th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 151 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree sustainability students whose families make $30-$48k list, UT Rio Grande Valley has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Sustainability Studies Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 8 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree sustainability students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at University of Arizona

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Texas State

#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 5 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NAU are $19,489, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at Northern Arizona University

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree sustainability students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Southern Methodist University

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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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