2024 Best Environmental Science Schools in Wisconsin
7Colleges in Wisconsin
265Bioenvironmental Sciences Degrees Awarded
Ranked #91 in popularity, environmental science is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Science Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 265 degrees in environmental science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of environmental science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Science in Wisconsin
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the bioenvironmental sciences degree levels they offer.
Top Wisconsin Schools in Bioenvironmental Sciences
Any student who is interested in environmental science needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 63 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in environmental science. UW - River Falls is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of River Falls. This university ranks 12th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 10 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental science. UW - Green Bay is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Green Bay. This university ranks 27th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 48 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Green Bay in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental science. UWM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 54 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Carthage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 33rd out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 12 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Carthage in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #359 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Whitewater is a great university overall.
There were about 27 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Whitewater in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #455 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Stout is a great university overall.
There were about 20 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stout 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.
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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Your choice of environmental science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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