2025 Best Sustainability Science Schools in Washington
2Colleges in Washington
57Sustainability Science Degrees Awarded
$46,440Avg Early-Career Salary
Sustainability Science isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #176 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Sustainability Science Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 57 degrees in sustainability science to qualified students.
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 Washington list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Sustainability Science in Washington
The schools below may not offer all types of sustainability science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in sustainability science has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.
Those sustainability science students who get their degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus make $15,584 more than the average sustainability science student.
Western Washington University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in sustainability science. WWU is a large public university located in the small city of Bellingham.
Soon after graduation, sustainability science degree recipients generally earn an average of $41,600 in the first five years of their career.
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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