Sustainability Studies at West Virginia University

Every sustainability studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sustainability program at West Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability

WVU Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at WVU 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 WVU

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

WVU Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical sustainability bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 37% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
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 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.