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2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$35,760 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Sustainability Science Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,547 people earned a degree or certificate in sustainability science, making the major the #113 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Sustainability Science Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for sustainability science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the sustainability science doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Sustainability Science

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in the United States for sustainability science students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 10% of our Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#5

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sustainability science schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

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#6

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree sustainability science programs. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WVU are $26,676 a year.

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Washington University in St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WUSTL also is in the top 10% of our Best Sustainability Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Sustainability Science by Region

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One of 36 majors within the area of study, sustainability science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063
International Studies 918

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to TonyTheTiger.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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