2023 Schools Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Virginia
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Sustainability Studies is the 248th most popular major in the country with 3,745 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Virginia, there were 156 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sustainability studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their sustainability studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Virginia
The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia sustainability students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Sustainability Studies in Virginia
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school awarded 47 diplomas to qualified ’s sustainability students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full GMU Sustainability Studies Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Sustainability Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sustainability degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Sustainability Studies at VWU
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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