2024 Best Colleges for Environmental Biology

SUMMARY

Studying Environmental Biology is a valuable choice and typically an obligatory first step for students intending to enter a career as an environmental ecosystems researcher, an environmental biologist, or an environmental analyst. In fact, environmental biology is an uncommon major ranking as the 320th most popular major. Last year alone, there were 306 environmental biology diplomas received. In-state tuition for environmental biology at private colleges is, on average, 3.4 times more expensive than their public fellows.

With just 57 schools having programs for environmental biology there might be a smaller selection of institutions you can choose from. If you are looking to surround yourself with other environmental biology majors, consider looking at colleges in New York which have more undergraduates admitted to environmental biology than any other state. Zooming out, the top region to pursue environmental biology is in the Mid East region with Monmouth University, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the best conference to major in environmental biology is the Big Ten Conference with Michigan State University representing the conference. From our extensive list on the best colleges, our choice for the best college for environmental biology is Georgetown University.

The objectively best school might not actually be the 'best' school for every student. There can be lots of factors to weigh when deciding on ​university. Things like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would impact your choice on where to go to university. At Authority, we have evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are interested in which environmental biology school boasts the best campus, the answer is Michigan State University. If, for example, you are primarily interested in which university has the finest campus, then we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more in order to evaluate each major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and from that list, our choice of the college with the best student life for environmental biology is Georgetown University. Curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about our top recommendations. Many of our decisions will probably surprise you.

If cost is a significant deciding factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about Georgetown University. Georgetown University&nbspappears to be the most expensive school for environmental biology, at least for out of state attendance. We have a list of the most expensive&nbspcolleges that might put the price tag at Georgetown University&nbspinto perspective. You may also be interested to know that environmental biology is the 170th most expensive degree in the nation, with an average associated cost of $32,500. On a broader scale, the most costly state for environmental biology in the country is District of Columbia demonstrated with a cost of $55,440 at Georgetown University. Even more broadly, the most costly region of the U.S. for environmental biology is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

Our cheapest region for environmental biology is the New England region which is represented by Plymouth State University with a cost of $20,760. More optimistically, the most affordable school for environmental biology is Ferris State University. Our entire list of the most affordable universities can be found here.

In-state learners can anticipate paying around $11,600 for a degree in environmental biology. That cost inflates significantly to a median of $25,400 for the out-of-state public-school undergraduate. On that note, our choice for the school constituting the best value for environmental biology: Georgetown University. On this page you will see our comprehensive list of the schools we see as being the best value&nbspoverall. Bear in mind, this list is based on being an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition is considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for environmental biology majors vary widely, but within two years completing the major graduates will regularly earn in the neighborhood of $44,100. While there is a lot of variation in earnings potential; top positions can experience pay up to $79,700. Even straight out of college, the lowest earning jobs within the environmental biology field make $23,900, which could be worse. The highest earning grads from environmental biology come from Georgetown University&nbspand if you want to find the schools with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The all-around diversity of environmental biology falls quite poor, falling in only the 16th percentile of all programs. The college with the most composite diversity for environmental biology is Georgetown University&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the universities which have the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Environmental Biology is only in the 53rd percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is even lower in the 11th percentile. White undergraduates make up the largest share, 79%, of scholars majoring in environmental biology. Additionally, 61% of undergraduates seeking an environmental biology degree are women.

We have insufficient professors data for environmental biology to make the conclusions we normally would have made in this sentence. If we including data other than basic rankings we find that the school with the overall best professors for environmental biology is Georgetown University. You can find more detail on our ever evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, along with some of the finest professors in the U.S.

Finally, the hardest school to get into for environmental biology is Washington University in St Louis. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have a detailed list of the hardest colleges to get into. With that said, here at Authority we do hope you understand that considering the education process with a perspective primarily shaped by superlatives might cause issues. We at Authority hope you look at some of our other pages on different universities and explore some of our insightful background articles on important details to look for as your university search continues.