Sustainability Studies at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 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.

UMCP Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

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

UMCP Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at UMCP 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 UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sustainability majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability at UMCP are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UMCP Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a sustainability master's degree from UMCP, 57% 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 43% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.