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The United States of America has the best educational institutions with strong environmental programs. In connection with the increasing relevance of environmental protection issues, ecology is a popular direction that opens up good career prospects for students.
Highly qualified environmentalists are necessary for large companies to carry out their activities, in addition, many graduates decide to focus on research activities and work in laboratories. Many students gain international experience by participating in a variety of environmental projects.
Environmental programs are often included in the Environmental Sciences branch. This area covers all objects that relate to the surrounding world. Students study subjects such as geophysics and environmental chemistry.
Best environmental sciences universities in USA 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | Harvard University |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 3 | Stanford University |
| 4 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 5 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 6 | Yale University |
| 7 | Columbia University |
| 8 | University of California, Davis |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
| 11 | Cornell University |
| 12 | University of Washington |
| 13 | Princeton University |
| 14 | Texas A&M University |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 16 | Duke University |
| 17 | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 19 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 21 | Michigan State University |
| 22 | University of Texas at Austin |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 24 | Purdue University |
| 25 | Arizona State University |
| 26 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| 27 | Colorado State University |
| 28 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| 29 | University of Florida |
| 30 | The University of Arizona |
| 31 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 32 | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 33 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
| 34 | The Ohio State University |
| 35 | University of California, Irvine |
| 36 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 37 | Boston University |
| 38 | North Carolina State University |
| 39 | Oregon State University |
| 40 | University of Chicago |
| 41 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| 43 | Washington State University |
| 44 | Iowa State University |
| 45 | New York University (NYU) |
| 46 | Northeastern University |
| 47 | Rutgers University–New Brunswick |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 49 | Brown University |
| 50 | Colorado School of Mines |
