Environmental Science

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 597 institutions across the United States, with a total of 29917 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

138

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

404

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

8,016

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,117

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

237

degrees awarded

Other Awards

19,985

awards given

Top Schools for Environmental Science

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	1,512
2	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	918
3	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	447
4	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	414
5	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	384
6	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	384
7	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	381
8	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	363
9	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	363
10	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	327
11	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	321
12	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	306
13	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	297
14	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	285
15	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	285
16	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	273
17	Iowa State University Ames, IA	270
18	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	267
19	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	264
20	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	255
21	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	249
22	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	243
23	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	231
24	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	228
25	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	225
26	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	210
27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	204
28	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	201
29	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	198
30	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	195
31	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	195
32	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	192
33	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	192
34	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	186
35	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	177
36	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN	168
37	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX	162
38	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	162
39	Portland State University Portland, OR	159
40	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	156
41	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	156
42	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	153
43	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	150
44	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	150
45	California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA	150
46	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	147
47	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	144
48	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	144
49	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	144
50	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	144
51	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	144
52	Clark University Worcester, MA	138
53	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	138
54	University of Maine Orono, ME	135
55	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA	132
56	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	120
57	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	120
58	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	120
59	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	117
60	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	117
61	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	114
62	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	111
63	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	111
64	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	111
65	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	111
66	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	108
67	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	108
68	Yale University New Haven, CT	108
69	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	108
70	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	108
71	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	105
72	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	105
73	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	105
74	Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	102
75	University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI	102
76	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	99
77	Flagler College Saint Augustine, FL	99
78	Northeastern University Boston, MA	99
79	Boston University Boston, MA	96
80	Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL	96
81	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	96
82	Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction, CO	93
83	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	93
84	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	91
85	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	90
86	Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA	90
87	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI	90
88	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	90
89	Ball State University Muncie, IN	87
90	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	87
91	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	87
92	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	84
93	SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	84
94	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI	84
95	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	84
96	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	83
97	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	81
98	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	81
99	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	81
100	University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL	78