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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
275 Degrees Awarded
$27,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Sustainability Studies is the 294th most popular major in the country with 2,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 549 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 275 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sustainability studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sustainability studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree sustainability students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 37 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UIUC

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized public school situated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It awarded 16 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Green Bay are $19,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 67 masters’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 62 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Superior landed the #5 spot on the list. Superior, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sustainability degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Superior did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Superior are $18,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Superior Sustainability Studies Report

#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Michigan State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Michigan State

#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at UC

Concordia University, Wisconsin came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sustainability Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Mequon, Wisconsin. It awarded 1 masters’s sustainability degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Wisconsin also took the #0 spot in our “Best Sustainability Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sustainability Studies at Concordia University, Wisconsin

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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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