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Environmental science at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 43 environmental science majors a year. That puts it 55th of 544 schools we score for environmental science, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $83,000 four years out, 1.39× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $53 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#55 of 544 for environmental science →
Graduates a year43under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$83,0001.39× the same major nationally
Research in the field$53Ma year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

The Jackson School of Geosciences building at the University of Texas at Austin
Jackson School of Geosciences UT Austin 2019Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · source
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a scene-setter video while touring t
Secretary Kerry Looks at a Scene-Setter Video While Touring the LBJ PresidentialPhoto: U.S. Department of State from United States · Public domain · source
Looking north from the Stadium
Looking north from the Stadium - panoramioPhoto: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Alpha Phi Omega runs the flag before home games; always a crowd pleaser!
The World's Largest Texas FlagPhoto: Klobetime · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where environmental science happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Neural Molecular Science Building, O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, Jackson Geological Sciences Building, Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the environmental science ranking

  1. University of Colorado Boulder 83
  2. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 83
  3. University of Connecticut 83
  4. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 83
  5. Emory University 83
  6. George Washington University 83
  7. Case Western Reserve University 83
  8. Lafayette College 83

Other strong majors at UT Austin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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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