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2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

42 Colleges
$30,467 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,103 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sustainability Science Master'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 Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for sustainability science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Sustainability Science Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the United States for sustainability science students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

Full Sustainability Science at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#2

Presidio Graduate School

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 42 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Presidio Graduate School landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Presidio Graduate School is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Presidio Graduate School graduate students pay an average of $31,920 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Berkeley also is in the top 5% of our Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sustainability science schools in the United States. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $30,912 in tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Green Bay did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for sustainability science students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Green Bay are $19,126 per year.

Full Sustainability Science at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Report

#7

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools list. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.

UPenn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools list.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.

Full Sustainability Science at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for sustainability science students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Carnegie Mellon is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools list.

Full Sustainability Science at Carnegie Mellon University Report

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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 25 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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