2024 Best Environmental Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for environmental science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 bachelor's degrees in environmental science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

More Ways to Rank Environmental Science Schools

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Alabama Schools for a Bachelor's in Bioenvironmental Sciences

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

12 Annual Graduates

Auburn University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in environmental science. Auburn is a very large public university located in the small city of Auburn.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental science from Auburn University

2

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

45 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in environmental science needs to look into The University of Alabama. Located in the small city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental science from The University of Alabama

Best Environmental Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Environmental Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	384
Tennessee	460	67
North Carolina	453	364
Georgia	453	95
Virginia	421	228
South Carolina	370	28
Kentucky	331	22
Louisiana	306	41
Arkansas	294	59
Mississippi	275	2
West Virginia	223	353

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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
Environmental Studies	98

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.