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Most Popular Schools for Environmental Science Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and degradation; the interaction between human society and the natural environment; and natural resources management. Includes instruction in biology, chemistry, physics, geosciences, climatology, statistics, and mathematical modeling.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 American Public University System 289 2% $6,880
2 Western Washington University 137 4% $24,077
3 Southern New Hampshire University 134 1% $51,538
4 Humboldt State University 127 6% $24,811
5 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 122 1% $27,638
6 Texas A & M University-College Station 118 1% $29,506
7 Florida State University 98 1% $22,168
8 Texas State University 94 1% $23,130
9 University of South Florida-Main Campus 90 1% $23,320
10 University of North Carolina Wilmington 89 2% $24,982
11 University of California-Davis 89 1% $35,177
12 University of Virginia-Main Campus 89 1% $33,493
13 Ohio State University-Main Campus 88 1% $27,367
14 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 88 1% $23,977
15 San Jose State University 83 1% $29,193
16 University of Maryland-College Park 81 1% $27,146
17 Sonoma State University 79 3% $26,626
18 Oregon State University 77 1% $26,892
19 University of California-Berkeley 77 1% $38,066
20 University of California-Santa Barbara 77 1% $36,659
21 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 77 1% $30,102
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 71 1% $23,811
23 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 68 1% $27,898
24 University of Massachusetts-Boston 66 2% $36,647
25 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 65 3% $23,307
26 University of California-Los Angeles 62 1% $34,620
27 Indiana University-Bloomington 61 1% $24,779
28 University of Vermont 61 2% $34,210
29 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 58 1% $30,913
30 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 58 1% $24,486
31 California State University-Sacramento 57 1% $26,454
32 University of Idaho 57 3% $21,350
33 Loyola University Chicago 57 1% $61,328
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison 54 0% $26,025
35 Salisbury University 53 2% $25,774
36 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 53 9% $28,994
37 Portland State University 52 1% $26,085
38 Iowa State University 50 1% $21,186
39 Northern Arizona University 50 1% $27,266
40 University of Houston-Clear Lake 48 2% $23,276
41 Stockton University 48 2% $30,838
42 University of Oregon 47 1% $27,366
43 University of California-Irvine 47 1% $34,261
44 The University of Texas at San Antonio 46 1% $23,715
45 University of Arizona 45 0% $29,217
46 Northeastern University 42 1% $70,592
47 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 42 2% $23,614
48 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 41 1% $19,062
49 University of Maryland-Baltimore County 41 1% $28,058
50 SUNY College at Brockport 41 2% $24,608
51 University of Washington-Tacoma Campus 41 2% $26,978
52 Florida Atlantic University 40 1% $24,235
53 California State University-Long Beach 39 0% $24,738
54 Westfield State University 39 3% $25,120
55 The University of West Florida 39 1% $19,014
56 University of Nevada-Reno 38 1% $25,039
57 University of California-Riverside 36 1% $35,242
58 The University of Alabama 36 0% $29,872
59 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 35 1% $24,105
60 University of Delaware 35 1% $29,342
61 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 35 0% $32,443
62 Colorado Mesa University 34 2% $24,142
63 Clark University 34 4% $56,650
64 DePaul University 34 1% $57,678
65 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 33 0% $26,834
66 Duquesne University 33 2% $54,364
67 University of Iowa 32 0% $24,239
68 California State University-Chico 31 1% $24,624
69 Metropolitan State University of Denver 31 1% $9,066
70 George Mason University 30 0% $30,284
71 California State University-Channel Islands 30 2% $25,517
72 Oakland University 29 1% $25,524
73 Columbia University in the City of New York 29 0% $76,856
74 Flagler College-St Augustine 28 4% $34,990
75 University of Florida 28 0% $21,211
76 University of South Florida-St Petersburg 28 2% $22,731
77 Colorado College 27 5% $71,642
78 Santa Clara University 27 1% $71,778
79 Marshall University 26 1% $21,969
80 California State University-San Bernardino 26 1% $23,878
81 Broward College 26 0% $5,834
82 Drexel University 26 0% $70,223
83 University of Minnesota-Duluth 25 1% $24,614
84 Allegheny College 25 6% $63,180
85 University of Southern California 25 0% $74,825
86 Willamette University 25 4% $65,109
87 University of Maine 25 1% $25,088
88 Montana State University 24 1% $22,453
89 San Diego State University 24 0% $29,318
90 University of Missouri-Kansas City 24 1% $24,116
91 California State University-Monterey Bay 24 1% $23,564
92 University of South Carolina-Columbia 24 0% $28,301
93 Cleveland State University 23 1% $29,045
94 University of California-Santa Cruz 23 0% $36,217
95 Massachusetts Maritime Academy 23 6% $27,858
96 University of Toledo 22 1% $28,423
97 United States Military Academy 22 2% N/A
98 University of Hawaii at Hilo 22 3% $20,530
99 The University of Texas at Arlington 22 0% $26,660
100 California State University-Fullerton 21 0% $27,738

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Environmental Science program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.