2025 Best Sustainability Science Schools in California
3Colleges in California
175Sustainability Science Degrees Awarded
$46,440Avg Early-Career Salary
Sustainability Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #176 out of the 395 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 reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of sustainability science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 175 degrees in sustainability science annually.
The sustainability science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sustainability Science rankings. For our Best Overall Sustainability Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Sustainability Science Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Sustainability Science in California
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the sustainability science degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in sustainability science. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 40 sustainability science students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in sustainability science. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 sustainability science students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
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University of California - Riverside is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in sustainability science. UCR is a very large public university located in the city of Riverside. This university ranks 28th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 33 sustainability science students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, sustainability science degree recipients generally earn an average of $30,698 in their early careers.
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).
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The sustainability science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sustainability Science rankings. For our Best Overall Sustainability Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
