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Major Overview for Environmental Studies

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Overview for 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.

Careers for Environmental Studies Majors

A major in Environmental Studies is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Environmental Studies

Top 50 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Environmental Studies among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
128
(3.8%)
Minimally Selective$21,454
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
88
(1.8%)
Moderately Selective$21,354
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
85
(1.5%)
Minimally Selective$17,422
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
63
(0.9%)
Highly Selective$12,347
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
62
(1.0%)
Moderately Selective$19,657
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
61
(2.0%)
Minimally Selective$13,341
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA
59
(3.5%)
Minimally Selective$15,062
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
59
(3.1%)
Moderately Selective$21,014
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
46
(0.7%)
Most Selective$22,247
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
43
(6.6%)
Most Selective$1,000
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.