by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 172 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Environmental Science Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 9,482 degrees in environmental science to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Your choice of environmental science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Science 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Environmental Science Schools list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of bioenvironmental sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Every student pursuing a degree in environmental science needs to look into Yale University. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were about 26 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.
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University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 82 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
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Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 60 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
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University of California - Davis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. This university ranks 13th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 116 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
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UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large 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 about 54 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
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UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 86 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
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UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 110 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
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UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 132 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
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Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 101 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 80 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 138 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Colby is a small private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Waterville. This college ranks 2nd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 30 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Colby in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 90 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
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University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the suburb of Norman. This university ranks 1st out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 62 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent year we have data available.
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DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 3rd out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 24 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent data year.
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SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Santa Clara. A Best Colleges rank of #50 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent data year.
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UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Storrs. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 27 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
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Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames. This university ranks 1st out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 62 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 21 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 32 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
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UCSB is a very large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were roughly 88 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 123 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 17 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 4 schools for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were roughly 21 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Environmental Science Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA |
| 27 | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ |
| 28 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY |
| 29 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
| 30 | San Diego State University | San Diego, CA |
| 31 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 32 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL |
| 33 | Indiana University - Bloomington | Bloomington, IN |
| 34 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI |
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Environmental Science is one of 3 different types of Natural Resources Conservation programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Environmental Studies | 10,196 |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 2,981 |
| Natural Resources Conservation & Research, Other | 267 |
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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