Environmental science at Maryland
Maryland graduates about 47 environmental science majors a year. That puts it 79th of 544 schools we score for environmental science, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $59,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $84 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Maryland
Where environmental science happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Environmental Services Facility, Computer Science Instructional Center, Animal Science Service Building, Plant Science Building, Biosciences Research Building, Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, Institute for Physical Science & Technology, Biomolecular Sciences, Geology Building, Physical Sciences Complex.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dining 11 · Student housing 8 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 6 · Arts 4.
Nearby in the environmental science ranking
Other strong majors at Maryland
- Computer science 90 · #33
- Economics 89 · #39
- Engineering (all) 89 · #32
- Math & statistics 88 · #42
- Political science & IR 87 · #47
- Physics & astronomy 87 · #38
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Maryland 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.