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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 | Stanford University |
| 3 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 5 | Yale University |
| 6 | Columbia University |
| 7 | University of California, Davis |
| 8 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 9 | Cornell University |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 11 | Texas A&M University |
| 12 | University of Washington |
| 13 | Princeton University |
| 14 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 15 | Duke University |
| 16 | Arizona State University |
| 17 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 19 | University of Texas at Austin |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 21 | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 22 | University of Florida |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 24 | Michigan State University |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 26 | Purdue University |
| 27 | Colorado State University |
| 28 | University of Minnesota (System) |
| 29 | The University of Arizona |
| 30 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| 31 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
| 32 | Oregon State University |
| 33 | The Ohio State University |
| 34 | North Carolina State University |
| 35 | University of Maryland, College Park |
| 36 | Boston University |
| 37 | University of California, Irvine |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 39 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| 41 | Washington State University |
| 42 | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 43 | Iowa State University |
| 44 | New York University (NYU) |
| 45 | University of California, Riverside |
| 46 | University of Chicago |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 48 | Brown University |
| 49 | Florida International University |
| 50 | Florida State University |
