Sustainability Science at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every sustainability science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sustainability science program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. Of the 5,356 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 14 of them were sustainability science majors.

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

UT Knoxville Sustainability Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability Science

UT Knoxville Sustainability Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sustainability science progam at UT Knoxville compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sustainability science major at UT Knoxville is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability Science. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28

Sustainability Science Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sustainability science majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in sustainability science from UT Knoxville. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. The typical sustainability science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability science at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in sustainability science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in sustainability science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Studies
• Systems Theory
• Gerontology
• Nutrition Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Careers That Sustainability Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Professors	2,040	$53,390

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.