The 50 colleges that score highest for Environmental science on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Median earnings $78,624 · 451 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $68,088 · 104 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | Median earnings $111,371 (college-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Harvard University | MA | Median earnings $101,817 (college-wide) · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | Median earnings $63,628 · 352 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Yale University | CT | Median earnings $100,533 (college-wide) · 44 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Duke University | NC | Median earnings $73,435 · 44 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | Median earnings $102,491 (college-wide) · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $65,983 · 258 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Median earnings $75,927 · 126 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $65,714 · 137 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $52,631 · 174 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $58,119 · 150 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $65,337 · 147 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $55,382 · 66 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Tufts University | MA | Median earnings $77,753 · 51 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $58,229 · 224 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $67,805 · 56 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Median earnings $58,475 · 82 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $57,722 · 211 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of California-Irvine | CA | Median earnings $59,908 · 59 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | CA | Median earnings $69,061 · 83 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Southern California | CA | Median earnings $78,731 · 71 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | MD | Median earnings $87,555 (college-wide) · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | IL | Median earnings $91,885 (college-wide) · 56 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $56,916 · 132 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Median earnings $63,337 · 191 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Brown University | RI | Median earnings $93,487 (college-wide) · 64 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $59,329 · 45 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | MA | Median earnings $70,272 · 72 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | IL | Median earnings $89,363 (college-wide) · 24 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | Dartmouth College | NH | Median earnings $67,020 · 32 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Median earnings $86,182 (college-wide) · 34 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | Emory University | GA | Median earnings $64,795 · 38 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of Notre Dame | IN | Median earnings $99,980 (college-wide) · 21 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $62,683 · 47 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $54,215 · 164 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $51,871 · 138 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | University of California-Santa Cruz | CA | Median earnings $55,240 · 166 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $83,238 (college-wide) · 32 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $46,772 · 149 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $66,178 · 36 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $75,328 (college-wide) · 44 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $69,768 · 41 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | CA | Median earnings $64,944 · 50 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Oregon State University | OR | Median earnings $55,805 · 140 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $55,861 · 76 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $57,384 · 70 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | University of Rochester | NY | Median earnings $79,042 (college-wide) · 26 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $49,013 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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