2023 Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,005 people earned their degree in sustainability studies, making the major the 248th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 193 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful sustainability studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree sustainability students.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies in the Plains States Region

1

Lake Superior College
Duluth, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Lake Superior College is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s sustainability degrees to qualified students.

Full Lake Superior College Sustainability Studies Report

2

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
New Town, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. NHSC is a small school located in New Town, North Dakota that handed out 2 associates’s sustainability degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Sustainability Studies at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Sustainability Studies

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

• *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.

Credits

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