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2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sustainability studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree sustainability students.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UIUC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate list. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree sustainability students list, UIC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Sustainability Studies Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s sustainability 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 Utah State University

#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate. UNC 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UNC Charlotte

#4

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #4 spot on the list.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree sustainability students list, Penn State University Park has also earned the #4 rank 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 Penn State University Park are $38,728.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at Pennsylvania State University - University Park

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #5 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 6 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia Sustainability Studies Report

#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 ranking. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 7 doctorate’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read full report on 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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