<p>I've been looking for schools w/ excellent well-supported environmental studies programs. I have yet to find any kind of survey on this and it's difficult to go through all possible schools, let alone compare one flash wepage to another. </p>
<p>Does anyone have some suggestions to throw out there as a starting point? Something in the northeast is preferable, but not necessary. Really appreciate it.</p>
<p>David</p>
<p>hm.. i dont really know much but how about UC Davis?</p>
<p>There are a number of excellent environmental science colleges out there, with a considerable range in size and selectivity. Do you prefer a LAC, university, or both? Urban or rural? Stats would be helpful info too. ;)</p>
<p>As far as stats... Good grades, couple of APs, SAT in 14-1500 range (based on PSAT), I've done very well in the Envirothon, won nature photography competitions. </p>
<p>It seems like a school in a non-urban setting would have some advantages for this although there will be travel involved no matter where I go.</p>
<p>Helpful?</p>
<p>appreciate any advice</p>
<p>you MUST check out the College of the Atlantic up in maine.</p>
<p>ANGARIA - you may want to post this in the Parents Forum - have seen other info on this major there but can't find it right now - but I am sure you will get some good - well worth while - input there. Just a thought........</p>
<p>Try UVM, I've heard good things about their environmental studies program.</p>
<p>LOL, apparently CC doesn't like people being gone for a month. Hello, warblersrule86, it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help solve another member's problem, or just join a conversation? :p </p>
<p>huskem stole my favorite suggestion. COA offers everything from marine biology to lichenology to biochemistry, with a tremendous amount of flexibility. The college is quite small (~300 students) and situated in a beautiful setting, although it gets a bit touristy in the summer. Here's a few others to consider, varying widely in selectivity. </p>
<p>Allegheny
Bates
Beloit
Bowdoin
Brown
Carleton
Colby
Colgate
College of the Atlantic
Connecticut College
Cornell
Denison
Dickinson
Duke
Earlham
Eckerd
Humboldt State
Lynchburg
Marlboro
Middlebury
Notre Dame
Oberlin
Oregon State
Penn State
Princeton
Ripon
Skidmore
Swarthmore
Valparaiso
Wesleyan
WPI
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
U Colorado
UC Davis
UC Santa Cruz
U Georgia
U Michigan
UNC Chapel Hill
U Rhode Island
U Vermont
U Wisconsin
Warren Wilson
Whitman
Washington State</p>
<p>Another program of note in the northeast, but certainly overlooked is SUNY Plattsburgh. Not known as "selective" college but a strong Environmental Sciences/ecology program nevertheless. And the immediate environs, including Lake Champlain and the surrounding wilderness, are an added asset for the program.</p>
<p>I'd also recommend Cook College. Part of Rutgers University in New Brunswick,NJ. Majors in 1)Environmental Sciences, 2)Environmental Policy,Institutions and Behavior, 3)Environmental Planning and Design, 4)Environmental and Business Economics, 5)Natural Resource Management plus other related sciences,e.g., animal science,agricultural science, marine science, food science, plant science, public health, bioresource engineering and the more traditional biology,chemistry,biochemistry..etc. The undergraduate schools in New Brunswick- Rutgers College, Cook,Livingston, Douglass are being reorganized into one. But many of the unique features of each school are being retained. Cook has the feel of a small college and the
resources of a major research university. You would probably qualify for the honors program. My son, in that program, has been working with researchers since his freshman year, and will be doing his own research project in his senior year. He loves it there.
As in one of the earlier posts, you must decide where you would feel comfortable. Urban, suburban, rural setting. Small, medium, large. Make some visits when school is in session if you can to get a better"feel" of the place.</p>
<p>this link might be helpful:
<a href="http://www.enviroeducation.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.enviroeducation.com/</a></p>
<p>Middlebury has a strong and well-supported program in Environmental Studies... they talk at length about it in many of their promotional materials... I think they have a lot of land to work on.</p>
<p>About Rutgers -</p>
<p>The liberal arts colleges (Rutgers C, Livingston, Douglass, maybe one more I'm forgetting) are being merged into the School of Liberal Arts I believe. You still apply to Cook separately, but now it's called the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). And yes, it's an excellent school for enviro-related studies.</p>
<p>If you are looking for private school…check out Bates, Bowdoin and Colby in Maine or Colby-Sawyer in New Hampshire. As far as public goes…check out U Maine Farmington or Univ of Maine @ Orono, Presque Isle, or Machias. U Maine has 7 locations with I think 4 having good Environmental Studies programs. If you choose U Maine, your choice of campus would probably be determined by whether you are more interested in forestry or aquatic sciences.</p>
<p>Not mentioned so far but you might want to look at the Seattle University’s Environmental Studies page [Seattle</a> University College of Arts and Sciences - Introduction](<a href=“http://www2.seattleu.edu/artsci/environmental/Default.aspx?id=952]Seattle”>http://www2.seattleu.edu/artsci/environmental/Default.aspx?id=952) and then click on their internships.</p>
<p>The OP started this in 2006, by now he/she could be a junior in college! LOL</p>