Environmental Biology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and natural history of living populations, communities, species, and ecosystems in relation to dynamic environmental processes. Includes instruction in biodiversity, molecular genetic and genomic evolution, mesoscale ecology, computational biology and modeling, conservation biology, local and global environmental change, and restoration ecology.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 54 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1457 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

410

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

973

awards given

Top Schools for Environmental Biology

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	270
2	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	132
3	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	105
4	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	78
5	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	63
6	Bethel University McKenzie, TN	57
7	Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ	54
8	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	51
9	Wingate University Wingate, NC	36
10	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA	36
11	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	33
12	Hood College Frederick, MD	33
13	Montana Technological University Butte, MT	32
14	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	30
15	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	30
16	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	27
17	Georgetown University Washington, DC	24
18	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	24
19	Providence College Providence, RI	21
20	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Bayamon, PR	21
21	SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	18
22	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	18
23	Troy University Troy, AL	18
24	Lee University Cleveland, TN	18
25	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	15
26	Principia College Elsah, IL	15
27	Cornerstone University Grand Rapids, MI	15
28	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths, NY	12
29	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	12
30	Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH	12
31	Regis University Denver, CO	12
32	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	9
33	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	9
34	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	9
35	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	9
36	Saint Edward's University Austin, TX	9
37	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Aguadilla, PR	9
38	Washburn University Topeka, KS	6
39	Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA	6
40	Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK	6
41	Drury University Springfield, MO	6
42	Keystone College La Plume, PA	6
43	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	6
44	Governors State University University Park, IL	6
45	Barnard College New York, NY	6
46	Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA	6
47	Merrimack College North Andover, MA	6
48	Blackburn College Carlinville, IL	3
49	Salem State University Salem, MA	3
50	University of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC	3
51	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD	3
52	Greenville University Greenville, IL	3
53	Sterling College Sterling, KS	3
54	Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA	3