2025 Best Environmental Science Schools in New Jersey
4Colleges in New Jersey
121Bioenvironmental Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in environmental science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #91 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Environmental Science Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 121 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. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Environmental Science in New Jersey
The schools below may not offer all types of bioenvironmental sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New Jersey Schools in Bioenvironmental Sciences
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
Rowan University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in environmental science. Rowan is a large public university located in the suburb of Glassboro. This university ranks 13th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 1 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent data year.
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It is hard to beat Rutgers University - Newark if you want to pursue a degree in environmental science. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #164 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers Newark is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Newark in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in environmental science needs to check out Ramapo College of New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 18th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 14 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Ramapo College in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of environmental science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Environmental Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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