2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Plains States Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Sustainability Studies is the 248th most popular major in the country with 3,745 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 189 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree sustainability students.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s sustainability students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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%.
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- *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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