Sustainability Science at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269. Of the 4,540 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University 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.

WVU Sustainability Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability Science
• Doctorate Degree in Sustainability Science

WVU Sustainability Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sustainability science programs across the country. The following shows how WVU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sustainability science major at WVU 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
	69

Sustainability Science Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Program

The sustainability science program at WVU awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical sustainability science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability science at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in sustainability science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU also has a doctoral program available in sustainability science. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Professors	120	$67,490

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.