2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in West Virginia

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Environmental Studies is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across West Virginia, there were 43 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 environmental studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in West Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental studies. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in West Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree ecosystem studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in West Virginia

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in West Virginia list. WVU is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 9 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Environmental Studies at West Virginia University

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecosystem Studies Major in West Virginia list. This large school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 21 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Read full report on Environmental Studies at American Public University System

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Studies

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.