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2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Sustainability Science is the 190th most popular major in the country with 2,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, sustainability science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,011 and had an average of $27,458 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 223 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sustainability science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sustainability science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst is $13,137 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Sustainability Science Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,747 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNH.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#3

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

Bentley also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bentley University is $25,432 for new england region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Bentley University Sustainability Science Report

#4

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $19,328 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Providence.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Providence Sustainability Science Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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