Sustainability Science at University of Wisconsin - Madison

If you are interested in studying sustainability science, you may want to check out the program at University of Wisconsin - Madison. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year.

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.

UW - Madison Sustainability Science Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Sustainability Science (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability Science

UW - Madison Sustainability Science Rankings

The sustainability science major at UW - Madison 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.

Sustainability Science Student Demographics at UW - Madison

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sustainability science majors at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

UW - Madison Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of sustainability science bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability science at UW - Madison are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	81
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Sustainability Science

The following sustainability science concentations are available at University of Wisconsin - Madison. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Wisconsin - Madison. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sustainability Studies	11

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Science, Technology & Society
• Nutrition Science
• International 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Professors	2,770	$76,130

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.