2024 Best Environmental Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
8Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
682Ecosystem Studies Degrees Awarded
Ranked #87 in popularity, environmental studies is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for environmental studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 682 degrees in environmental studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of environmental studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Environmental Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
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 Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Environmental Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ecosystem studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Ecosystem Studies
It is hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a degree in environmental studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were approximately 268 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
Utah State University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in environmental studies. USU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Logan. A Best Colleges rank of #341 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USU is a great university overall.
There were about 31 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.
University of Wyoming is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in environmental studies. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #520 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW is a great university overall.
There were about 45 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at UW in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in environmental studies has to check out The University of Montana. UM is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Missoula. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were about 36 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at UM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 25th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 30 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at FLC in the most recent data year.
Boise State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boise. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 48 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 98 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 29th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 62 environmental studies students who graduated with this degree at Western 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 studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Environmental Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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