Geography and Environmental Studies

A program that focuses on interactions between people and the natural and built environments. Includes instruction in climate science, sustainability, environmental science and policy, research methods, geographic information systems (GIS), human geography, physical geography, remote sensing, and public policy.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 39 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2488 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

567

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

126

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,679

awards given

Top Schools for Geography and Environmental Studies

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	249
2	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	234
3	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	204
4	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	165
5	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	138
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	132
7	Clark University Worcester, MA	129
8	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	117
9	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	110
10	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	108
11	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	106
12	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	75
13	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	69
14	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	63
15	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	51
16	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	48
17	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	48
18	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	45
19	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	39
20	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	36
21	University of Delaware Newark, DE	36
22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	30
23	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	27
24	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	27
25	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	24
26	Dalton State College Dalton, GA	21
27	Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK	21
28	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	18
29	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	18
30	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	15
31	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	15
32	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	15
33	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	15
34	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI	12
35	Utah State University Logan, UT	9
36	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	7
37	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	6
38	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH	3
39	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	3