Bachelor's degree · Interdisciplinary studies · CIP 30.33
Sustainability Studies: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 115 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Sustainability Studies, together awarding 1,636 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $44,761 one year after finishing and $63,830 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,165 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 7 of 112; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Sustainability Studies
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 110 | n/a | n/a | $19,250 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 101 | $37,606 | n/a | $13,500 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 93 | $44,079 | $62,349 | $11,000 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 88 | $41,739 | n/a | $15,875 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 69 | $50,245 | n/a | $16,566 |
| Western Washington University Bellingham · Public | WA | 56 | $36,038 | $77,312 | $18,500 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 53 | $45,791 | n/a | $24,112 |
| Florida International University Miami · Public | FL | 52 | $35,523 | n/a | $20,829 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 45 | $80,080 | n/a | $24,125 |
| Allegheny College Meadville · Private nonprofit | PA | 42 | $27,151 | n/a | $25,044 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 40 | $62,210 | n/a | $24,520 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 35 | $55,767 | n/a | $24,250 |
| George Mason University Fairfax · Public | VA | 34 | $47,306 | $62,674 | $17,000 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 34 | n/a | n/a | $20,350 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · Public | OK | 33 | n/a | n/a | $27,000 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham · Public | NH | 31 | $44,647 | $61,947 | $27,000 |
| Coastal Carolina University Conway · Public | SC | 29 | n/a | n/a | $20,500 |
| University of Louisville Louisville · Public | KY | 29 | n/a | n/a | $25,250 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 28 | $55,068 | n/a | $27,250 |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago · Public | IL | 28 | $44,761 | n/a | $19,125 |
| Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs · Public | CO | 27 | $42,054 | $47,999 | $19,125 |
| The University of the South Sewanee · Private nonprofit | TN | 27 | n/a | n/a | $25,000 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 25 | $45,627 | $64,051 | $21,500 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 20 | n/a | n/a | $26,000 |
| SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo · Public | NY | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville · Private nonprofit | TN | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bellevue University Bellevue · Private nonprofit | NE | 16 | n/a | n/a | $25,500 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 16 | $59,608 | n/a | n/a |
| Barnard College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Furman University Greenville · Private nonprofit | SC | 14 | $41,898 | n/a | n/a |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis · Private nonprofit | MO | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chatham University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 12 | $41,768 | n/a | $23,000 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Montclair State University Montclair · Public | NJ | 11 | n/a | $70,240 | n/a |
| Stockton University Galloway · Public | NJ | 11 | n/a | $67,023 | n/a |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public | NY | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville · Public | WI | 11 | $47,945 | $71,446 | n/a |
| Montana State University Bozeman · Public | MT | 10 | $27,215 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Northern Colorado Greeley · Public | CO | 10 | $45,147 | $63,830 | n/a |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion · Public | SD | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton · Public | MI | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha · Public | WI | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester · Private nonprofit | MA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hofstra University Hempstead · Private nonprofit | NY | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Messiah University Mechanicsburg · Private nonprofit | PA | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Roosevelt University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Sustainability Studies
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Sustainability Studies?
- The College Scorecard lists 115 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Sustainability Studies.
- How much do Sustainability Studies graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $44,761 one year after graduation (25 institutions reporting) and $63,830 five years after graduation (11 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Sustainability Studies graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Western Washington University ($77,312), University of Wisconsin-Platteville ($71,446), Montclair State University ($70,240), Stockton University ($67,023), and University of California-Riverside ($64,051).
- How much student debt do Sustainability Studies graduates have?
- The median institution's Sustainability Studies graduates leave with $21,165 in federal student loans (28 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Sustainability Studies degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Wisconsin-Madison (110), University of Utah (101), University of Florida (93), The University of Texas at Austin (88), and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (69).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Sustainability Studies (CIP code 30.33), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.