<p>It is difficult for me to find info about schools that have good environmental sciences/studies programs. I already know about SUNY - ESF. But I want to know more about bigger colleges, specifically in the west coast maybe? Schools like Ohio State, UC's, or NYU for example. How do they stack up? I wish to know about bigger schools not because of their name, but more for finical and personal reasons. </p>
<p>P.S Anything about schools with good communications majors would be great appreciated too! (I plan to double major).</p>
<p>What do you plan on doing with a degree in environmental science?</p>
<p>I’m also interested in environmental science but I read somewhere that the major is very broad with little depth. Some say to pick a specific science like chemistry or biology.</p>
<p>If anyone could clear that up for me it’d be appreciated.</p>
<p>weaselbee-
You’re right in some ways. Environmental science (especially “environmental studies”), is usually very broad, and may not be the best path for some people. It’s tricky because there really isn’t any graduate programs for “Environmental Science.” In grad school you usually end up studying something more specific like forestry, ecology, toxicology, environmental economics etc. Often times double majoring in another field is easy and compliments the degree. For example, if you want to go into ecology, think about a double major or minor in biology, because you’ll need classes like genetics, evolution, etc that you wouldn’t normally take in environmental science. Or if you want to go into environmental economics/policy, double major in economics, or at least take the upper level econ and math classes that are expected for grad school. A plain old environmental science degree Is a great choice if you’re looking to go to law school or to get your mpa/mpp.
Entry level positions are hard to come by majoring in environmental science-- most are low-paying positions in nonprofits, environmental consulting, or government agencies that are surprisingly competitive. </p>
<p>On the west coast, the UC’s, especially Berkeley and Davis, are great for environmental science as well as Stanford. I’m guessing the land grant colleges in Oregon and Washington have decent programs too.</p>
<p>Environmental science programs can be vary a lot between colleges, so you should research about each program and what your interested in pursuing. For example, the programs at NYU and Cornell are very different, just by the nature of one being in the middle of a huge city and one being in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>Environmental Science and Environmental Studies are two distinct academic fields. And many many universities have re-constituted their fromer Geology/Geography/Ecology departments into Earth and Environmental Departments. There are a bunch of good ones, but much depends upon the school’s special area of research. For example, the southwestern schools are great at energy and mineral resource studies. Glaciology and Volcanolgy research is found at every research university in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii (well, admittedly there are no glaciers in Hawaii. Hah.)</p>
<p>In my opinion, universities with strong Geoscience departments will have good Environmental Science departments/divisions.</p>
yea, I think those schools are good for it too, but you know, parents insist on the better known ones that don’t have good programs ):</p>