2025 Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in sustainability science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #98 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for sustainability science students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 284 master's degrees in sustainability science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Sustainability Science School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of sustainability science for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to sustainability science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other sustainability science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt sustainability science students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Sustainability Science Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sustainability Science Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Sustainability Science in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for sustainability science students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Sustainability Science

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

192 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in sustainability science needs to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from Harvard University

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

16 Annual Graduates

Tufts University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in sustainability science. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from Tufts University

3

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

21 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in sustainability science. Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from University of Massachusetts Amherst

4

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

23 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in sustainability science has to look into Rhode Island School of Design. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.More information about a master’s in sustainability science from Rhode Island School of Design

Best Sustainability Science Colleges by State

Explore the best sustainability science colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	65
Rhode Island	127	33
New Hampshire	108	0
Vermont	91	11
Maine	90	7

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Sustainability Science Related Rankings by Major

Sustainability Science is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Sustainability Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Sustainability Studies	284

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Data Analytics	356
Nutrition Science	210
International Studies	156
Systems Theory	119
Behavioral Science	102
Human Computer Interaction	101
Data Science	98
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	75
Biological & Physical Science	64
Museum Studies	49

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to TonyTheTiger. More about our data sources and methodologies.