2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,005 people earned their degree in sustainability studies, making the major the 248th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 388 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability studies. That schools that top this list have a program in sustainability studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Far Western US Region

1

Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region list. Lane Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 2 associates’s sustainability degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at Lane Community College

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University of Antelope Valley
Lancaster, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Antelope Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Lancaster, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s sustainability students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Antelope Valley Sustainability Studies Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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