2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Sustainability Science School for You
In 2020-2021, 203 degrees and certificates were awarded to sustainability science students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #114 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value programs for sustainability science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Sustainability Science
Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts - Boston the best value school in Massachusetts for sustainability science students. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the city of Boston.
UMass Boston undergraduate students pay an average of $14,677 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,439 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tufts are $63,000 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Tufts is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts list.
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Out of the 5 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Bentley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bentley are $54,910 per year.
Bentley also claimed a spot on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great value for sustainability science students. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
WPI undergraduate students pay an average of $55,531 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
WPI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Sustainability Science Schools in Massachusetts list.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Connecticut | 0 |
New Hampshire | 34 |
Maine | 13 |
Rhode Island | 33 |
Vermont | 11 |
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Sustainability Science Related Majors for Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Sustainability Science
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 34,975 |
Biological & Physical Science | 30,075 |
Interdisciplinary Studies | 9,074 |
International Studies | 7,368 |
Nutrition Science | 5,330 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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