2024 Best Environmental Science Schools in Virginia
3Colleges in Virginia
261Bioenvironmental 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 reviewed 3 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of environmental science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 261 degrees in environmental science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Virginia
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 Virginia - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 106 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
Virginia Tech is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in environmental science. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 44 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
George Mason University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental science. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 52 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Ferrum College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in environmental science. Located in the rural area of Ferrum, Ferrum College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 54th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 13 environmental science students who graduated with this degree at Ferrum College 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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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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