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2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$33,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” 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.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UIUC

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 6 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree sustainability students with aid list, Columbia has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 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 UIC are $27,036.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at UIC

#4

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #4 spot on the list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s sustainability degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s sustainability degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at USU

#3 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Rochester Institute of Technology is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

RIT also took the #3 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at RIT

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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