by our College Data Analytics Team
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 a Master’s 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 3,005 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 193 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Black Hills State University is a small school located in Spearfish, South Dakota that handed out 5 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s sustainability students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Maharishi International University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. MIU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 22 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national 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.
Saint Louis University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 0 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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