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2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
172 Degrees Awarded
$36,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master's in New York For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,645 people earned their degree in sustainability science, making the major the 190th most popular in the United States. 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 New York, there were 309 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,467 and $39,485 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 172 sustainability science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sustainability science programs and cost less that 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 Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Science in New York (With Aid)

#1

The City College of New York

New York, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The City College of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. The City College of New York is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CCNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCNY are $20,832, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sustainability Science at CCNY

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 102 masters’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Columbia University in the City of New York

#3

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIU Post. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Located in Brookville, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s sustainability science students in 2019-2020.

LIU Post also made our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full LIU Post Sustainability Science Report

#4

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Hofstra University is located in Hempstead, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s sustainability science degrees to qualified students.

Hofstra not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hofstra are $27,172, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Science at Hofstra University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sustainability science degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology Sustainability Science Report

#6

The New School

New York, New York

The New School did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. New School University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New School University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Sustainability Science Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The New School are $47,642.

Read more about Sustainability Science at The New School

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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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