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Environmental science at UChicago

UChicago graduates about 57 environmental science majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 1st of 544 schools we score for environmental science, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $10 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

95/100Standout#1 of 544 for environmental science →
Graduates a year573% of the class
Research in the field$10Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1580whole school

Around UChicago

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View looking through door of the Social Science Research BuildingPhoto: Jonathan Schilling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Where environmental science happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Donnelley Biological Sciences Learning Center, Biopsychology Science Building, Henry Hinds Laboratory for Geophysical Sciences, Social Science Research Building, Cummings Life Sciences Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 96 · Dorm 15 · Arts 9 · Dining 8 · Library 6 · Athletics 4.

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Nearby in the environmental science ranking

  1. Duke University 95
  2. Brown University 95
  3. Yale University 93
  4. Stanford University 93
  5. Carleton College 93
  6. University of California, Berkeley 92

Other strong majors at UChicago

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UChicago 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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