2024 Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Geography and Environmental Studies degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1150 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for geography and environmental studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 degrees in geography and environmental studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Geography and Environmental Studies Schools List

Pick Your Geography and Environmental Studies Degree Level

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 Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Geography and Environmental Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the geography and environmental studies degree levels they offer.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Geography and Environmental Studies

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6.7% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Maryland - Baltimore County if you want to pursue a degree in geography and environmental studies. UMBC is a large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore.More information about a degree in geography and environmental studies from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

2

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

University of Delaware is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in geography and environmental studies. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in geography and environmental studies from University of Delaware

Best Geography and Environmental Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best geography and environmental studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Maryland	618	15

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Geography and Environmental Studies Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.