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Champaign, IL · Environmental science

Environmental science at Illinois

Illinois graduates about 93 environmental science majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 95th of 544 schools we score for environmental science, a strong program at 77 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

77/100Strong#95 of 544 for environmental science →
Graduates a year931% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$57,0001.02× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate42%whole school
SAT middle 50%1320–1510whole school

Around Illinois

The UIUC Animal Sciences Lab, from the northwest
UIUC animal sciences lab 20081010 experiment6Photo: Experiment6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, IL
Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, ILPhoto: Nick Number · CC BY 4.0 · source
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States (Unsplash SPhoto: Dayne Topkin dtopkin1 · CC0 · source
Farm House
Farm House aka Mumford HousePhoto: Sallyajackson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where environmental science happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Sciences Building, Environmental Health and Safety Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering Building, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Siebel Center for Computer Science, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Geological Survey Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Meat Science Lab, Plant Sciences Laboratory and Greenhouse, Animal Sciences Laboratory, Speech and Hearing Science Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 144 · Student housing 84 · Dorm 45 · Athletics 22 · Arts 9 · Dining 6.

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Nearby in the environmental science ranking

  1. Franklin & Marshall College 78
  2. University of Florida 77
  3. Purdue University–Main Campus 77
  4. Colorado State University 77
  5. University of California, Irvine 77
  6. University of Georgia 77
  7. Tulane University of Louisiana 77
  8. Trinity College 77

Other strong majors at Illinois

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois with every school we score in environmental science. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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