2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 83 masters’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at USF Tampa

#2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus 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.

Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Sustainability Studies Report

#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$39,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216.

Full Wake Forest University Sustainability Studies Report

#4

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #4 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975.

Read more about 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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