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Sustainability Studies at Western Washington University

Sustainability Studies at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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.

WWU Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

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

WWU Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at WWU 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 WWU

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

WWU Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical sustainability bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sustainability at WWU 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 Western Washington University with a bachelor's in sustainability.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Professors 1,060 $74,330

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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