Environmental Studies

A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics, law, economics, social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 472 institutions across the United States, with a total of 31708 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

415

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

217

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,988

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

104

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,614

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

21,276

awards given

Top Schools for Environmental Studies

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	1,408
2	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	1,014
3	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	960
4	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	897
5	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	662
6	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	570
7	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	501
8	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	486
9	Yale University New Haven, CT	468
10	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	453
11	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	438
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	405
13	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	390
14	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	342
15	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	324
16	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	294
17	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	282
18	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	279
19	Duke University Durham, NC	261
20	Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL	255
21	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	240
22	Northeastern University Boston, MA	234
23	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	231
24	Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL	231
25	Tufts University Medford, MA	228
26	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	219
27	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	213
28	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	204
29	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	201
30	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO	195
31	Antioch University-New England Keene, NH	195
32	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	192
33	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	192
34	Stockton University Galloway, NJ	192
35	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	186
36	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	183
37	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	183
38	University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC	177
39	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL	177
40	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	177
41	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	174
42	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	172
43	Utah State University Logan, UT	171
44	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	168
45	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	165
46	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	165
47	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	164
48	American University Washington, DC	162
49	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	156
50	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	153
51	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	150
52	Bates College Lewiston, ME	147
53	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	147
54	George Washington University Washington, DC	141
55	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	135
56	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	135
57	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	135
58	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA	132
59	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	123
60	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	123
61	Emory University Atlanta, GA	123
62	Prescott College Prescott, AZ	120
63	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	120
64	Boise State University Boise, ID	118
65	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	117
66	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	115
67	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	114
68	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	111
69	Florida International University Miami, FL	111
70	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	108
71	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	108
72	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	108
73	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	105
74	Fort Lewis College Durango, CO	102
75	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	99
76	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	99
77	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	99
78	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	99
79	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI	96
80	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	93
81	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	93
82	Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR	93
83	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	90
84	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	90
85	Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN	87
86	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	87
87	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Monterey, CA	87
88	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	87
89	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	87
90	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	84
91	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	84
92	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	84
93	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	84
94	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	81
95	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	81
96	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	81
97	University of Delaware Newark, DE	81
98	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	78
99	DePaul University Chicago, IL	78
100	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	78