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2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $30-$48k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sustainability science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 31 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMass Amherst is $14,474 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 22 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $18,826 for new england region bachelor’s degree sustainability science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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#3

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Providence College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 1 bachelors’s sustainability science degrees 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 $20,546 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Providence College.

The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

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#4

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bentley University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sustainability science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bentley, the school also landed 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 $22,405 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Sustainability Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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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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