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2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,074 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,709 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sustainability Science School for You

Sustainability Science is the #186 most popular major in Virginia with 4 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia 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.

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 Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Sustainability Science Colleges.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Sustainability Science

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
$13,119 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named George Mason University the best value school in Virginia for sustainability science students. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

GMU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,119 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GMU also did well on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in Virginia list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Sustainability Science at George Mason University Report

$15,028 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Virginia list. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VCU are $15,028 a year.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Value Sustainability Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 118
Georgia 17
North Carolina 26
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 9
Arkansas 1
West Virginia 4

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 2 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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