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Environmental science at Yale

Yale graduates about 35 environmental science majors a year, 3% 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 $4 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 year353% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$33,000
Research in the field$4Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1580whole school

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Nearby in the environmental science ranking

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

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Yale 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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