Sustainability Studies at Kansas State University

If you plan to study sustainability studies, take a look at what Kansas State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and approximately 20,854 students attend the school each year.

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.

K -State Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Sustainability

K -State Sustainability Studies Rankings

Sustainability Student Demographics at K -State

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

K -State Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in sustainability each year. K -State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a sustainability master's degree from K -State, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the sustainability master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 KS, the home state for Kansas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS

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 Kzollman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.