Sustainability Studies at Iowa State University

What traits are you looking for in a sustainability school? To help you decide if Iowa State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's sustainability program.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sustainability Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability
• Master’s Degree in Sustainability

Iowa State Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at Iowa State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Sustainability Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sustainability majors at Iowa State University.

Iowa State Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical sustainability bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's in sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Iowa State Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in sustainability each year. Iowa State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a master's in sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Sustainability Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Professors	2,250	$71,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.