Sustainability Science at Stanford University

If you plan to study sustainability science, take a look at what Stanford University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sustainability Science section at the bottom of this page.

Stanford Sustainability Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Sustainability Science

Stanford Sustainability Science Rankings

Sustainability Science Student Demographics at Stanford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sustainability science majors at Stanford University.

Stanford Sustainability Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of sustainability science master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

In the sustainability science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stanford University with a master's in sustainability science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Sustainability Science

Sustainability Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sustainability Studies	29

Related Majors

• Cognitive Science

Careers That Sustainability Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.