Sustainability Studies at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 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.

Michigan State Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

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

Michigan State Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at Michigan 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 Michigan State

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

Michigan State Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical sustainability bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability at Michigan 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Michigan 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. Michigan 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 Michigan State, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.