2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in Idaho

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental Science is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,482 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Idaho, there were 59 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,282 and $21,331 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their environmental science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Science in Idaho

1

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#3 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 19 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Science at U of I

2

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho

#2 overall quality in Idaho

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Environmental Science Report

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Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

#6 overall quality in Idaho

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Bioenvironmental Sciences Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #3 spot on the list. ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Science at Idaho State University

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.