<p>I know FSU’s highly ranked nationally and within Florida in a number of programs- and all of those you listed are ones that FSU prides itself on being ranked really high both statewide and nationally. I was just really shocked by the supposed 2nd in the environmental sciences ranking, and was hoping somewhere would have the rankings and possibly some explanation.</p>
<p>I’m not saying it isn’t possible that FSU’s environmental sciences programs are second best in the state, I’m just saying that I don’t necessarily buy it without seeing some sort of reasoning behind it. The link you showed above with the 2009 stats had FSU 2nd in that category… behind USF (I would have bet the farm we’d have been behind UF). This makes me wonder what exactly is getting classified as “environmental science” in some of these categories. It’s a very broad field that overlaps with almost everything in some way, so I was hoping to find some clarity. Oh well. Even if I don’t buy it, it’s something for FSU to flaunt, I suppose.</p>