2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Environmental Biology

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Environmental biology is a very unpopular subject. The typical major confers 6,156 annual undergraduate degrees; last May, 306 people were conferred an undergrad degree in environmental biology, making it the country's 320th most popular discipline. 45 of those degrees were conferred at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which boasts having the biggest department in the USA. 70 of those degrees were earned at institutions in New York.

57 institutions across the country grant undergrad degrees in environmental biology; thus, it may potentially not be easy to track down the right college. When compared to the typical focus, there are 70.3% fewer schools offering four-year degrees in environmental biology, making it the 253rd most widely available U.S. major.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 85% of last year's degrees in environmental biology were four-year degrees; 15% were postgrad degrees. Environmental biology is the 333rd most popular graduate degree in America, with 56 degrees awarded. For some context, the average subject is 49.5 times more popular among postgrads than environmental biology.

In Total, 362 students received a bachelor's or higher in environmental biology last spring.

ONLINE ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY DEGREES

Not a single environmental biology student earned a bachelor's degree or postgrad degree comprehensively online last year. Zero US colleges even grant the degree entirely remote. ### PARTIALLY ONLINE ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY DEGREES

• 44 people last May received a bachelor's degree in environmental biology partially online
• 52 institutions in the US have four-year degrees in environmental biology partially online
• 14.38% of all undergrad degree in environmental biology are done partially online
• Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science's​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of partially online environmental biology majors in the country (1.6%)
• Colleges from Michigan conferred the most partially online four-year degrees in environmental biology last year (9)
• The average partially online subject confers 1,683 yearly bachelor's degrees or higher

IN-PERSON ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY DEGREES

• Environmental biology is the 306th most popular in-person undergrad degree in the USA
• Fully in-person bachelor's degrees in environmental biology are offered at 5 institutions across the country
• Last year, 309 people received a bachelor's or higher in environmental biology in-person
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry​ awarded 44 in-person bachelor's degrees in environmental biology, more than any other U.S. college
• A smidgeon under six out of seven in-person degrees in environmental biology last year were undergraduate degrees; 15% were postgrad degrees
• 83.93% of all grad degrees in environmental biology are earned entirely in-person