2025 Best Environmental Science Schools in Maryland
4Colleges in Maryland
157Bioenvironmental Sciences Degrees Awarded
Ranked #91 in popularity, environmental science is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Environmental Science Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 157 degrees in environmental science annually.
Your choice of environmental science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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Best Schools for Environmental Science in Maryland
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the bioenvironmental sciences degree levels they offer.
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Washington College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the distant town of Chestertown, Washington College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 745th out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 11 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Washington College in the most recent data year.
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It's hard to beat University of Maryland - Baltimore County if you want to pursue a degree in environmental science. UMBC is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMBC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in environmental science needs to check out Salisbury University. Salisbury is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Salisbury. This university ranks 12th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 38 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Salisbury in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
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Your choice of environmental science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for environmental science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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