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CIP PROGRAM: 03.0103
Environmental Studies.

Summary: A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics, law, economics, social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 222 7402 1300
2021 184 7767 1367
2022 198 7773 1355
2023 242 7854 1513
2024 217 7988 1614
Change +9.01% +6.11% +16.38%

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03 NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
03.01 Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
03.0101 Natural Resources/Conservation, General.
03.0103 Environmental Studies.
03.0104 Environmental Science.
03.0199 Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Environmental Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Adelphi University2 -62.50%
Adrian College1 -
Albion College2 -80.00%
Albright College5 +50.00%
Alfred University4 +250.00%
Alma College12 -42.86%
American University12 +30.77%
Amherst College17 -46.67%
Antioch University6 -
Appalachian State University80 -5.21%
Aquinas College2 +125.00%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion115 +10.34%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion86 +346.67%
Arkansas State University2 -
Ashford University17 -28.26%
Augsburg University3 +33.33%
Augustana College21 -65.38%
Augustana University7 -
Aurora University9 -
Austin College9 -11.11%
Ave Maria University3 +150.00%
Averett University2 -
Baldwin Wallace University7 -
Bard College at Simon's Rock4 -100.00%
Barnard College16 -
Bates College49 +21.21%
Baylor University25 +50.00%
Beloit College4 -56.25%
Bemidji State University14 -26.67%
Bennington College3 -
Bethel University1 +50.00%
Binghamton University43 +16.33%
Birmingham-Southern College5 -77.78%
Boise State University38 +25.00%
Boston College38 +112.50%
Bowdoin College18 -30.00%
Brandeis University23 +20.00%
Brevard College8 -100.00%
Brown University26 +109.09%
Bryn Mawr College10 +800.00%
Bucknell University19 -20.00%
Butler University5 +350.00%
CUNY Brooklyn College1 -100.00%
CUNY Hunter College26 -
CUNY Lehman College25 +50.00%
CUNY Queens College17 -10.53%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt37 +21.62%
California State University-East Bay5 -28.57%
California State University-Monterey Bay44 -24.07%
California State University-San Bernardino18 -
California State University-San Marcos50 -9.09%
Calvin University5 -
Canisius University4 -42.86%
Carleton College16 +166.67%
Carnegie Mellon University3 -
Carroll College9 +20.00%
Case Western Reserve University19 +75.00%
Cedar Crest College1 +200.00%
Central College6 +25.00%
Central Michigan University23 +11.76%
Central Washington University6 +33.33%
Centre College9 +100.00%
Chaminade University of Honolulu20 +57.14%
Champlain College5 -16.67%
Claremont McKenna College13 +150.00%
Cleveland State University10 +33.33%
Coe College3 -
Colby College21 -38.71%
Colgate University33 +7.14%
College of Coastal Georgia10 +300.00%
College of Saint Benedict6 +200.00%
College of the Holy Cross12 +160.00%
Colorado College30 +50.00%
Columbia Southern University61 -42.06%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania9 -
Concordia University-Wisconsin2 -71.43%
Cornell College2 -10.00%
Cottey College4 -
Davidson College22 +14.29%
DePaul University26 -
Denison University15 -29.17%
Dickinson College12 -16.67%
Drake University7 +116.67%
Drew University5 -76.92%
Drexel University11 -
Duke University54 -18.18%
Earlham College2 +133.33%
Eastern Mennonite University7 +150.00%
Eastern Michigan University26 -17.24%
Eastern Nazarene College2 -
Eckerd College77 +27.69%
Edgewood College3 -
Elmhurst University8 -
Elon University7 -52.38%
Emory & Henry University4 +33.33%
Emory University41 -2.38%
Fairfield University6 -28.57%
Ferrum College1 +100.00%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University7 +25.00%
Florida Gulf Coast University54 -12.50%
Florida International University28 -12.82%
Florida Southern College22 +30.77%
Fordham University24 -
Fort Lewis College34 -29.27%
Framingham State University4 -42.86%
Franklin Pierce University3 -
Franklin and Marshall College7 -
George Washington University24 +47.62%
Georgetown College3 -
Gettysburg College24 +7.41%
Gonzaga University28 -67.74%
Goucher College16 -
Grace College and Theological Seminary1 -
Grand Valley State University48 -
Guilford College9 -60.00%
Gustavus Adolphus College29 +27.78%
Hamilton College19 +22.22%
Hamline University8 -
Hampshire College4 +300.00%
Harvard University13 -11.76%
Haverford College17 +1100.00%
Hawaii Pacific University10 +11.11%
Hendrix College5 -53.33%
Hiram College2 -35.71%
Hobart William Smith Colleges36 +74.19%
Hofstra University1 -
Hollins University12 +200.00%
Hood College7 -37.50%
Houghton University2 -
Illinois College6 -16.67%
Illinois Wesleyan University6 -
Indiana University-Bloomington48 -31.37%
Indiana University-Southeast6 +350.00%
Iona University1 -50.00%
Iowa State University17 +4.76%
Ithaca College18 -40.00%
Johns Hopkins University5 -40.00%
Juniata College7 -33.33%
Kansas State University26 -
Kansas Wesleyan University3 -
Keene State College16 +30.00%
Kent State University at Kent33 +775.00%
Kenyon College14 +26.67%
King's College4 -57.14%
Knox College8 -46.15%
Lafayette College9 -9.09%
Lake Forest College19 -7.14%
Lawrence University11 +162.50%
Le Moyne College4 -100.00%
Lehigh University7 +40.00%
Lenoir-Rhyne University7 +300.00%
Lesley University1 -
Lewis & Clark College26 +93.33%
Lindsey Wilson College1 -
Linfield University5 +100.00%
Loyola Marymount University21 +1700.00%
Loyola University Chicago27 +80.00%
Loyola University New Orleans7 -42.86%
Luther College13 +16.67%
Macalester College31 +80.95%
Manchester University9 -28.57%
Manhattan College2 +500.00%
Manhattanville College1 -
Marietta College4 -
Marquette University14 +75.00%
Maryville College5 -25.00%
McDaniel College22 +42.86%
McKendree University6 +66.67%
McPherson College3 -
Meredith College4 -33.33%
Merrimack College2 -64.71%
Michigan State University77 +42.86%
Middlebury College58 +51.22%
Millikin University5 +100.00%
Minnesota State University Moorhead5 +16.67%
Mississippi State University16 -
Mitchell College1 -50.00%
Montana State University Billings6 +100.00%
Mount Holyoke College26 +91.67%
Mount St. Mary's University5 -
Naropa University6 -80.00%
New College of Florida14 -16.67%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus9 +500.00%
North Central College14 +71.43%
North Park University1 -
Northeastern Illinois University3 -50.00%
Northeastern University38 +15.63%
Northeastern University Professional Programs1 -100.00%
Northern Arizona University59 +1.89%
Northern Illinois University36 +16.67%
Northern Michigan University32 +9.68%
Northland College1 -50.00%
Oberlin College49 +13.95%
Occidental College23 -
Ohio University-Main Campus8 +150.00%
Ohio Wesleyan University5 -71.43%
Ouachita Baptist University2 -100.00%
Our Lady of the Lake University1 -
Pace University13 -11.11%
Pacific Lutheran University14 -
Pacific University2 +50.00%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science1 -100.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona8 +14.29%
Pennsylvania Western University9 -
Plymouth State University22 -40.63%
Point Loma Nazarene University4 -
Portland State University18 -26.09%
Prescott College22 +84.62%
Principia College4 -60.00%
Purdue University Global24 +140.00%
Queens University of Charlotte1 -66.67%
Ramapo College of New Jersey14 -42.86%
Randolph College2 -100.00%
Randolph-Macon College10 +70.00%
Reed College14 -7.69%
Rhode Island College7 -
Rider University6 -20.00%
Ripon College3 +100.00%
Roanoke College13 -15.79%
Rollins College19 +22.73%
Rowan University25 +15.79%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick41 -19.05%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh9 +33.33%
SUNY College at Potsdam17 -53.33%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry33 -21.05%
SUNY Maritime College14 -
SUNY Old Westbury1 -
SUNY at Purchase College4 -
Saint Anselm College1 -
Saint Cloud State University6 -53.85%
Saint Edward's University13 -23.81%
Saint Johns University10 -18.18%
Saint Louis University16 -35.71%
Saint Martin's University5 +500.00%
Saint Mary's College2 -
Saint Mary's College of California4 -60.00%
Saint Michael's College10 -24.00%
Salve Regina University9 +80.00%
San Diego State University67 +14.71%
San Francisco State University31 -44.64%
Santa Clara University24 +21.74%
Seattle University13 +27.78%
Seton Hall University21 -45.83%
Shenandoah University5 -
Shepherd University16 -45.00%
Siena College8 -
Skidmore College18 +20.00%
Smith College21 -6.67%
South Dakota State University13 -
Southern Connecticut State University20 +950.00%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale12 -28.57%
Southern Oregon University25 -45.16%
Southern Wesleyan University2 +133.33%
Southwestern University16 +16.67%
St Bonaventure University8 +100.00%
St Lawrence University14 +20.00%
St Olaf College45 -
St. John's University-New York5 -57.89%
St. Mary's College of Maryland30 -5.71%
State University of New York at New Paltz5 -
Stetson University4 +25.00%
Stockton University64 +6.56%
Stonehill College6 +12.50%
Stony Brook University45 +48.00%
Suffolk University7 +100.00%
Susquehanna University9 -22.22%
Swarthmore College15 +16.67%
Syracuse University29 +525.00%
Temple University24 +46.43%
Tennessee Technological University16 +30.77%
Texas A & M University-College Station61 +16.13%
The College of Idaho9 +33.33%
The College of Wooster11 -
The New School16 +14.29%
The University of Montana13 -
The University of Tampa26 +277.78%
The University of Texas at San Antonio1 -
The University of the South8 -25.00%
Thomas College1 -
Trinity University14 +55.56%
Tufts University60 +2.22%
Tulane University of Louisiana40 +84.85%
Union College3 -
Unity Environmental University14 -
University at Buffalo36 -
University of Alaska Anchorage6 +66.67%
University of Alaska Southeast3 +100.00%
University of Arizona21 +52.63%
University of Baltimore2 -28.57%
University of California-Berkeley222 -33.63%
University of California-Davis69 -
University of California-Irvine62 -
University of California-San Diego73 +53.85%
University of California-Santa Barbara338 -3.34%
University of California-Santa Cruz155 -31.61%
University of Central Florida108 +228.57%
University of Chicago50 +47.83%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus64 +27.78%
University of Colorado Boulder206 +10.88%
University of Connecticut29 +20.69%
University of Delaware27 -8.00%
University of Denver2 -50.00%
University of Dubuque1 -
University of Illinois Springfield12 +18.75%
University of Iowa19 +90.00%
University of Kansas50 -4.17%
University of Kentucky20 -26.67%
University of Maine2 -
University of Maine at Farmington2 -75.00%
University of Massachusetts-Boston10 +1000.00%
University of Miami26 +66.67%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor134 +4.24%
University of Minnesota-Duluth1 -76.00%
University of Minnesota-Morris19 -7.14%
University of Montevallo12 +120.00%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln27 -40.00%
University of New England14 -
University of North Carolina Asheville59 -18.06%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill64 +13.33%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro21 -
University of North Carolina at Pembroke6 -66.67%
University of North Dakota9 +33.33%
University of North Georgia20 -4.35%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus22 -21.15%
University of Oregon88 -6.76%
University of Pennsylvania10 -
University of Phoenix-Arizona130 -19.58%
University of Portland13 +20.00%
University of Puget Sound26 +33.33%
University of Redlands16 +180.00%
University of Richmond14 +27.27%
University of Rochester13 -18.18%
University of San Francisco19 +5.00%
University of South Carolina-Columbia25 +70.00%
University of Southern California20 +50.00%
University of Southern Indiana6 -
University of Southern Maine4 +100.00%
University of St Thomas9 -53.85%
University of Toledo7 +62.50%
University of Tulsa4 -50.00%
University of Utah35 -41.67%
University of Vermont114 -12.61%
University of Washington-Bothell Campus12 -8.33%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus101 -
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus9 -47.06%
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay10 -43.75%
University of Wisconsin-Madison106 +32.10%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh17 +53.85%
University of Wisconsin-Parkside20 -7.14%
University of Wyoming52 +15.38%
University of the Ozarks5 +71.43%
University of the Pacific2 -
Ursinus College21 -18.18%
Utah State University37 +15.79%
Vassar College21 +90.91%
Vermont State University3 -
Villanova University4 +33.33%
Virginia Commonwealth University62 -1.72%
Virginia Wesleyan University10 +300.00%
Warren Wilson College13 -
Washington & Jefferson College3 -33.33%
Washington College10 -18.18%
Washington State University20 -
Washington University in St Louis20 -
Washington and Lee University21 +25.00%
Wayland Baptist University5 -50.00%
Waynesburg University1 -
Wellesley College20 +38.89%
Wesleyan College2 -83.33%
Wesleyan University33 +31.58%
Western Colorado University24 -9.68%
Western Kentucky University18 -
Western Michigan University24 +20.00%
Western New Mexico University3 -
Western Washington University87 -17.12%
Westminster College1 -
Westminster University14 -26.32%
Whittier College6 -
Whitworth University4 -
William Paterson University of New Jersey10 +55.56%
William Peace University3 -
Williams College14 -40.00%
Wofford College17 -17.65%
Yale University27 +26.92%