by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 114 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Iowa” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sustainability studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree sustainability students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maharishi International University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Iowa. Fairfield, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sustainability degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full Maharishi International University Sustainability Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sustainability students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Graceland University - Lamoni landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lamoni, Iowa, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s sustainability degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Graceland University - Lamoni
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