Where to get a Business Degree in Sustainability

Degrees and certificates in sustainable business are on the rise. There are a number of resources to find those programs.

• Net Impact's Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs provides a student perspective on their graduate business program's coverage of social and environmental themes in the curriculum.



• The Association for the Advancement of Sustainabilitly in Higher Education (AASHE) maintains a list of undergraduate and graduate sustainability programs in a wide range of disciplines, however, you must be affiliated with a university that is a member of AASHE in order to access the list.



• The Aspen Institute's Beyond Grey Pinstripes offers a ranking of the top 100 graduate business programs worldwide integrating social and environmental themes into the curriculum.

While the resources above allow you to assess how much you'll be exposed to social and environmental issues within the curriculum, some students want to make sure they get a degree or major in sustainable business. Here is our list of known schools with majors or certificates in topics related to sustainable and responsible business. As new degree programs or certificate programs arise, we attempt to keep an updated list on our website...so check back often.

Alliant International University
Aquinas College
Arizona State University
Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Brandeis University
California College of the Arts
Clinton School of Public Service
Colorado State University
Dominican University of California
Duquesne University
Goddard College
Green Mountain College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Maharishi University of Management
Marlboro College
Michigan Technological University
New College of California
Northwestern University
Nottingham University
Portland State University
Presidio School of Management
Royal Holloway, University of London
San Francisco State University
Saybrook Graduate School
Unity College
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Denver
University of East Anglia
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina
University of Oregon
York University

NOTE: Please check our website (in the right sidebar) for the most up-to-date list. Additional schools are listed there.

UPDATE: Please also see our more recent post for online degrees in sustainable business and our list of best business programs in sustainability.