2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Studies is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 656 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in environmental studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York”.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in New York
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full ESF Environmental Studies Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Binghamton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Binghamton University is a fairly large public school situated in Vestal, New York. It awarded 17 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Environmental Studies at Binghamton University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adelphi University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York list. This medium-sized school is located in Garden City, New York, and it awarded 8 masters’s ecosystem studies 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%.
Read full report on Environmental Studies at Adelphi
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 42 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Columbia University in the City of New York Environmental Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
Read more about Environmental Studies at New York University
Pace University - New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York ranking. Pace University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Pace University - New York Environmental Studies Report
Clarkson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York ranking, coming in at #7. Clarkson University is a small school located in Potsdam, New York that handed out 0 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Environmental Studies at Clarkson University
St John’s University - New York came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York ranking. St John’s University - New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in Queens, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Full STJ Environmental Studies Report
LIU Post ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in New York list. Brookville, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full LIU Post Environmental Studies Report
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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