Hi! I am a high schooler looking for colleges with good environmental science programs.
I would love to hear about any great schools, especially from current students. If you could add why you love that school in particular, that would be great too!
Older son is 2nd year ESM major. So far loves the program and has had many opportunities for volunteer and unpaid internships after Freshman year. He is looking to get a paid internship this summer. Very helpful advisors with the program and many different concentrations.
For LACs, take a look at Middlebury and Bowdoin if you have the grades. Grinnell has outstanding sciences and a prairie research center.
I realize this is all aspirational for you right now since, without grades and test scores and your financial situation, its hard to give advice about what might be realistic.
I’m a senior currently applying and I’ll be an environmental major, so here’s what I’ve gathered.
Berkeley, Davis, and Stanford are all outstanding environmental schools on the west coast. University of Washington has its own college of the environment which says a lot, too.
On the east coast you have Duke and university of Florida. Duke’s nicholas school is outstanding. Cornell is also highly regarded in all things ag.
In the middle of the country is University of Texas and Texas A&M. Both have good programs though UT’s is better (biased). Up north you have Wisconsin and Northwestern. Very different schools but both are on the great lakes if you’re into freshwater ecology. Northwestern’s program is better in my opinion but it all depends on what you like.
The schools’ programs are largely shaped on location, so if you’re a volcano kid, Washington is obviously the best. Conversely, if you like energy, Texas is the place to be.
By the way, Env. Eng. is great but you will be doing very different things with that. Think sewage plant design and design of similar environmentally functional buildings. Don’t get me wrong, though. Sewage/water treatment is extremely interesting in my opinion. Its just different.