Most Popular Schools for Environmental Science Major & Program

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Environmental science

Description

This major explores the planet’s systems of energy and materials and attempts to understand the effects of human-made systems of technology on the quality of life. By studying the Earth’s resources, it has been recognized that certain substances and conditions of the world must be monitored on a regular basis. Using this information, methods to control the use of technology and more effectively steward the resources of nature, can be developed. Such topics as carbon dioxide levels, toxic chemicals, radioactivity, and endangered species are of interest to this major.

Plan of study

The curriculum must be interdisciplinary, with an emphasis in the experimental sciences such as chemistry, physics, biology, and geology. The focus is on scientific methodology, because the goal of the environmental scientist is to find practical solutions. Current and future problems are examined in a hands-on manner whenever possible.

Expect to take

Chemicals in the environment, resources and wastes, case studies in environmental science, measurements, hydrology, environmental planning, climatology, marine biology, ecology, geology.

Suggested high school subjects

Advanced science including biology and chemistry, advanced mathematics, computer science.

General interest areas

Science, ecology, pollution study.

Some career possibilities

Agricultural agent
Environmental consultant
Parasitologist
Animal scientist
Environmental researcher
Pollution engineer
Biochemist
Environmental scientist
Range manager
Chemical engineer
Environmental lawyer
Soil scientist
Ecologist
Government regulator
Toxicologist
Environmental activist
Microbiologist
Waste mgt. tech.

Some related majors

Agronomy
Geochemistry
Oceanography
Earth sciences
Marine biology
Soils/water mgnt.
Ecology
Ocean engineering
Toxicology
Environmental engr.

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Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	82	1%	$23,150
2	Texas A & M University	72	1%	$17,131
3	University of California-Santa Barbara	67	1%	$25,067
4	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	64	1%	$15,750
5	Western Washington University	62	2%	$16,344
6	Oregon State University	62	1%	$17,365
7	University of California-Riverside	60	2%	$23,481
8	University of Virginia-Main Campus	59	1%	$19,325
9	University of Idaho	57	2%	$16,590
10	Texas State University-San Marcos	56	1%	$17,674
11	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	48	0%	$18,391
12	Indiana University-Bloomington	46	1%	$19,093
13	University of California-Berkeley	42	0%	$25,309
14	University of Oregon	39	1%	$17,448
15	University of San Francisco	37	2%	$46,120
16	University of Vermont	36	1%	$22,150
17	University of North Carolina-Wilmington	36	1%	$14,763
18	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	26	0%	$23,655
19	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	25	1%	$16,788
20	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	25	1%	$16,894
21	University of Florida	25	0%	$14,437
22	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	25	0%	$15,563
23	University of Houston-Clear Lake	25	1%	N/A
24	Northern Arizona University	24	0%	$16,216
25	Colorado College	22	4%	$45,200

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
26	The University of Texas at San Antonio	22	0%	$17,102
27	University of Massachusetts Amherst	22	0%	$19,799
28	University of California-Santa Cruz	22	1%	$24,796
29	The University of West Florida	22	1%	$13,310
30	Washington State University	21	0%	$19,110
31	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania	20	1%	$15,743
32	Duquesne University	20	1%	$34,246
33	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	19	1%	$20,808
34	Iowa State University	19	0%	$17,166
35	Marshall University	19	1%	$14,718
36	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	18	4%	$19,245
37	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	18	2%	$13,588
38	Willamette University	18	2%	$41,518
39	Pomona College	18	5%	$47,580
40	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	18	0%	$16,950
41	University of Southern Maine	18	1%	$19,434
42	Texas Christian University	18	1%	$37,128
43	University of Iowa	18	0%	$17,863
44	Metropolitan State College of Denver	17	1%	$4,777
45	Stephen F Austin State University	17	1%	$17,664
46	Western State College of Colorado	16	3%	$15,469
47	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	16	1%	$17,533
48	University of Delaware	16	0%	$18,398
49	Mesa State College	16	2%	$15,981
50	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	15	0%	$18,213
51	Miami University-Oxford	15	0%	$24,438
52	West Texas A & M University	14	1%	$13,396
53	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	14	2%	$7,309
54	Lynchburg College	14	2%	$35,237
55	Loyola University Chicago	14	0%	$40,798
56	Juniata College	14	4%	$38,810
57	Montana State University	13	1%	$16,329
58	California University of Pennsylvania	12	1%	$18,519
59	Portland State University	12	0%	$7,614
60	Northwestern University	12	0%	$49,779
61	University of Missouri-Kansas City	12	0%	$23,134
62	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	12	1%	$13,570
63	Northern Michigan University	11	1%	$16,491
64	Georgia College & State University	11	1%	$15,268
65	University of Notre Dame	11	0%	$46,727
66	University of Michigan-Dearborn	11	1%	$8,479
67	University of Hawaii at Manoa	11	0%	$15,597
68	Johnson State College	11	3%	$16,714
69	New Jersey Institute of Technology	11	1%	$24,950
70	University of California-Los Angeles	11	0%	$24,103
71	Bemidji State University	10	1%	$15,162
72	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	10	0%	$15,538
73	College of Santa Fe at Albuquerque	10	4%	N/A
74	Western Piedmont Community College	10	2%	$2,291
75	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus	10	0%	$10,254
76	University of Arkansas Main Campus	10	0%	$17,159
77	Cleveland State University	10	0%	$20,739
78	Drexel University	9	0%	$45,875
79	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	9	0%	$15,197
80	Messiah College	9	1%	$34,490
81	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science	9	4%	$33,680
82	Florida International University	9	0%	$18,558
83	Troy University	9	0%	$13,432
84	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	9	0%	$22,900
85	The University of Alabama	9	0%	$18,602
86	Alaska Pacific University	9	6%	$31,180
87	The University of Texas at El Paso	8	0%	$13,925
88	CUNY Queens College	8	0%	$5,335
89	Humboldt State University	8	1%	$16,856
90	University of Toledo-Main Campus	8	0%	$20,700
91	Brown University	8	0%	$48,660
92	Marist College	8	1%	$37,060
93	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	8	1%	$13,437
94	University of Scranton	8	1%	$42,068
95	Lamar University	8	0%	$17,020
96	University of Denver	8	0%	$45,403
97	Michigan Technological University	7	1%	$19,880
98	De Anza College	7	0%	$1,584
99	Taylor University Graduate School	7	25%	N/A
100	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	7	0%	$18,198

This list indicates the number of students enrolled in Environmental Science at the schools above. It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.

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