2024 Best Environmental Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in environmental science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #63 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Environmental Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 178 bachelor's degrees in environmental science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Environmental Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of environmental science for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to environmental science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of environmental science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for environmental science students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Science Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Environmental Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Environmental Science in Maryland

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for environmental science students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Bioenvironmental Sciences

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in environmental science has to check out University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental science from University of Maryland - College Park

2

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

30 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in environmental science. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental science from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

3

Washington College
Chestertown, MD

14 Annual Graduates

Washington College is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in environmental science. Washington College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Chestertown.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental science from Washington College

4

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

52 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in environmental science needs to take a look at Salisbury University. Located in the suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental science from Salisbury University

Best Environmental Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Environmental Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	302
Pennsylvania	698	294
New Jersey	351	58
District of Columbia	226	11
Delaware	224	48

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Rankings in Majors Related to Bioenvironmental Sciences

One of 3 majors within the Natural Resources Conservation area of study, Environmental Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Bioenvironmental Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	137
Environmental Studies	93

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts. More about our data sources and methodologies.