2024 Best Environmental Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
95Environmental Microbiology Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in environmental biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #599 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Environmental Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 95 degrees in environmental biology to qualified students.
Your choice of environmental biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Biology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Environmental Biology in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the environmental microbiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Environmental Microbiology
It is hard to beat Michigan State University if you wish to pursue a degree in environmental biology. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in environmental biology needs to check out Miami University - Oxford. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.More information about a degree in environmental biology from Miami University - Oxford
DePauw University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental biology. Located in the town of Greencastle, DePauw is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DePauw is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at DePauw in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in environmental biology has to take a look at University of Dayton. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 22 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at UDayton in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Jacksonville, Illinois College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 54th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 1 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Illinois College in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 5 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 66th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 3 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at GSU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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.
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Your choice of environmental biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Biology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
