Sustainability Science is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #155 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Sustainability Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 bachelor's degrees in sustainability science during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on sustainability science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of sustainability science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for sustainability science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sustainability science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for sustainability science students working on their bachelor's degree.
The sustainability science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Sustainability Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sustainability Science in Utah
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for sustainability science students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Utah Schools for a Bachelor's in Sustainability Science
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in sustainability science needs to check out University of Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the sustainability science program make an average of $30,229 in their early career salary.
It is difficult to beat Utah State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in sustainability science. USU is a very large public university located in the city of Logan.
Sustainability Science bachelor's degree recipients from Utah State University get an earnings boost of around $4,725 above the average income of sustainability science graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
