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Environmental science at Stanford

Stanford graduates about 32 environmental science majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 4th of 544 schools we score for environmental science, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $14 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#4 of 544 for environmental science →
Graduates a year322% of the class
Research in the field$14Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1580whole school

Around Stanford

Empty research 3-Tesla MRI (GE Signa UHP) at Stanford University
GE Signa UHP MRIPhoto: BrokenSegue · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Stanford 2022 Power Outage
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Where environmental science happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, Green Earth Sciences Building, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building, Environmental Safety Facility Building C, Environmental Safety Facility Annex, Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental Safety Facility Building B, Environmental Safety Facility Building A, Middle Earth, Stanford Neurosciences Building, Yang & Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building, Blume Earthquake Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 127 · Dorm 58 · Athletics 26 · Dining 11 · Arts 7 · Library 5.

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Nearby in the environmental science ranking

  1. Duke University 95
  2. Brown University 95
  3. University of Chicago 95
  4. Yale University 93
  5. Carleton College 93
  6. University of California, Berkeley 92
  7. Cornell University 92
  8. Tufts University 92

Other strong majors at Stanford

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Stanford 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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