Basic Certificates in Sustainability Studies

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 19% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 2.0% of sustainability graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Sustainability Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 302 people earned their basic certificate in sustainability. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in sustainability at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Master’s Degree	1,914
Bachelor’s Degree	1,639
Graduate Certificate	441
Basic Certificate	302
Doctor’s Degree	50
Associate Degree	31
Undergraduate Certificate	5

Earnings of Sustainability Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for sustainability majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in sustainability. About 73.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	81
Women	221

The racial-ethnic distribution of sustainability basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	238
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By TonyTheTiger under License

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