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Master's · Multi/interdisciplinary Studies

Sustainability Studies (Master's): earnings by school

24 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$65,811
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$77,970
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$40,999
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 12 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $71,970 and $81,457. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Northwestern University IL$132,539—$74,250
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$93,339$123,641$61,500
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL$98,195——
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL$98,195——
Harvard University MA$86,050—$41,000
The New School NY$57,505$81,540$40,183
DePaul University IL$65,591$81,457—
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay WI$78,678$80,935—
University of California-Berkeley CA$80,761—$41,000
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$70,037$80,622$40,999
CUNY City College NY$64,799$79,163—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$68,596$76,776$50,500
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$58,290$72,499—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$65,044$71,970—
University of Miami FL$70,403——
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$47,236$68,841—
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO$65,973——
University of Utah UT$65,811—$31,375
SIT Graduate Institute VT—$65,764—
University of South Florida FL$56,941$64,880$26,786
University of Illinois Chicago IL$64,284—$40,250
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$57,721——
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$53,115——
Unity Environmental University ME$43,134—$21,095