2024 Best Environmental Studies Master's Degree Schools in New York

If you pursue a master's degree in environmental studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #116 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for environmental studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 master's degrees in environmental studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to environmental studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other environmental studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for environmental studies students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Environmental Studies Master's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Environmental Studies in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in environmental studies.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Ecosystem Studies

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in environmental studies. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a master’s in environmental studies from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Binghamton University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in environmental studies. Binghamton University is a large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.More information about a master’s in environmental studies from Binghamton University

Best Environmental Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Environmental Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	607	83
Maryland	363	5
New Jersey	346	0
District of Columbia	334	42

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ecosystem Studies

One of 3 majors within the Natural Resources Conservation area of study, Environmental Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Ecosystem Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental Science	73
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	19
Natural Resources Conservation & Research, Other	2

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.