Sustainability Studies at Wake Forest University

If you are interested in studying sustainability studies, you may want to check out the program at Wake Forest University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,789.

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.

Wake Forest University Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Sustainability

Wake Forest University Sustainability Studies Rankings

Sustainability Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in sustainability each year. Wake Forest University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a sustainability master's degree from Wake Forest University, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	4
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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Professors	5,220	$70,590

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.