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2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$23,442 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,103 Avg Salary

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

Sustainability Science is the #113 most popular major in the country with 1,547 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Sustainability Science

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for sustainability science students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern Methodist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sustainability science schools in the Southwest Region . SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU are $35,802 a year.

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

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sustainability science schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college 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.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value sustainability science schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NAU are $20,125 a year.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #6, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s best value schools for sustainability science students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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Best Sustainability Science Colleges by State

Explore the best sustainability science schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 14
Arizona 45
Oklahoma 23

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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