2025 Best Environmental Science Schools in Florida
7Colleges in Florida
505Bioenvironmental 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for environmental science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 505 degrees in environmental science annually.
The bioenvironmental sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Science rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The bioenvironmental sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Science Schools in Florida.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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.
Florida State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in environmental science. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in environmental science needs to look into University of South Florida - Main Campus. USF Tampa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tampa. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USF Tampa is a great university overall.
There were about 128 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available.
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It's hard to beat University of Florida if you wish to pursue a degree in environmental science. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
St Petersburg College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the large city of St. Petersburg, SPC is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 8 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at SPC in the most recent data year.
Located in the small suburb of Saint Augustine, Flagler St. Augustine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 57th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 38 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Flagler St. Augustine in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 51st out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 7 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Stetson in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Pensacola, UWF is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 49th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 31 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at UWF 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.
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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The bioenvironmental sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Environmental Science rankings. 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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