2024 Best Sustainability Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
193Sustainability Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in sustainability studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #248 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of sustainability studies. Combined, these schools handed out 193 degrees in sustainability studies to qualified students.
The sustainability program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sustainability Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Sustainability Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Sustainability Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Sustainability Studies in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of sustainability degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Sustainability
Any student pursuing a degree in sustainability studies needs to look into Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 sustainability studies students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in sustainability studies has to look into Iowa State University. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames. This university ranks 1st out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 22 sustainability studies students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in sustainability studies. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 89 sustainability studies students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The sustainability program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sustainability Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Sustainability Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
