A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and degradation; the interaction between human society and the natural environment; and natural resources management. Includes instruction in biology, chemistry, physics, geosciences, climatology, statistics, and mathematical modeling.
| A major in Environmental Science is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 12
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Environmental Science among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Assumption College
Worcester, MA | 5
(0.9%) |  |  | |
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| | Westfield State College
Westfield, MA | 8
(0.9%) |  |  | |
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| | Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA | 1
(0.7%) | | | |
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| | Lesley University
Cambridge, MA | 2
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA | 23
(0.5%) | |  | |
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| | Merrimack College
North Andover, MA | 2
(0.5%) | | | |
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| | Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA | 10
(0.4%) |  |  | |
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| | Curry College
Milton, MA | 2
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | Suffolk University
Boston, MA | 3
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | Wheaton College
Norton, MA | 1
(0.3%) |  | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.