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2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$31,960 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,365 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sustainability Science School for You

With 166 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, sustainability science is the #102 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for sustainability science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for sustainability science majors pursuing a .

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Sustainability Science

$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for sustainability science students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in California list.

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$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best sustainability science schools in California. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA undergraduate students pay an average of $13,258 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCLA also claimed a spot on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Davis are $14,645 a year.

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#4

Presidio Graduate School

San Francisco, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Presidio Graduate School. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Presidio Graduate School is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA
$56,169 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stanford are $56,169 per year.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our Best Sustainability Science Schools in California rankings.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Sustainability Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 33
Oregon 0
Hawaii 8
Alaska 1

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

Majors Similar to Sustainability Science

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 6 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.

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