Can you recommend colleges with good Environmental Science/Studies programs?

College Search & Selection
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<p>When I look up colleges in Princeton Review for Environmental Science/Studies, the list is dauntingly large. How to even know where to begin. So if anyone has any recommendations, it would be appreciated.</p>

<p>D is from North Carolina and has good stats in case that helps with what colleges to recommend (4.0 unweighted GPA, 4.8 weighted GPA, 2250 SAT, 33 ACT, 6 AP classes total (5's in first 2 APs, still taking last 4 AP classes).</p>

<p>She's thinking Environmental Studies now...but would like a college that offers a lot of majors in case that should change.</p>

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<p>St Olaf is doing a lot with issues of global warming and the impact on glaciers and the Antarctic ice sheets:
[St.Olaf</a> College - Glacier Research Group](<a href=“http://www.stolaf.edu/other/cegsic/whattxt.html]St.Olaf”>http://www.stolaf.edu/other/cegsic/whattxt.html)</p>

<p>More about the project:
[St</a>. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota, USA](<a href=“http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/environmental-studies/ice.html]St”>http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/environmental-studies/ice.html)</p>

<p>About the major:
[St</a>. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota, USA](<a href=“http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/environmental-studies/major.html]St”>http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/environmental-studies/major.html)</p>

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<p>She has several great options in NC. UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, Davidson, NC State, and Warren Wilson have excellent programs. UNCW could be good if she’s into marine policy. </p>

<p>[Be</a> sure to read this post about environment science and policy at Duke.](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063058900-post2.html]Be”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063058900-post2.html)</p>

<p>To narrow down your options, it’s always best to start with the basics.</p>

<ul>
<li>Which part of the country (Midwest, Southeast, etc.)?</li>
<li>Public or private?</li>
<li>Coed or single-sex?</li>
<li>Rural, suburban, or urban?</li>
<li>Small (< 2000), medium (2000-10000), or large (10000+)?</li>
<li>Is cost a concern?</li>
</ul>

<p>[A</a> great list of suggestions can be found here.](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/219252-best-schools-environmental-studies-ecology.html]A”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/219252-best-schools-environmental-studies-ecology.html)


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
Rutgers
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>

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<p>To answer IBclass06 basic questions:

  • part of country…probably eastern time zone…but not married to that
  • Public or private…either
  • coed
  • suburban
  • medium or large
  • cost no concern</p>
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<p>I believe Johns Hopkins has a new program in Global Environmental Change and Sustainability. </p>

<p>[Global</a> Env. Change & Sustainability Home Page](<a href=“Earth & Planetary Sciences | Johns Hopkins University”>Earth & Planetary Sciences | Johns Hopkins University)</p>

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<p>brown is pretty good…or so i heard.</p>