My first thought was Pitzer, so long as you are truly okay with a full-pay private. (They do give merit but only in four-figure amounts that don’t make much of a dent in the sticker price.) It’s a fantastic place for enviro analysis, with multiple tracks as tsbna noted. There are a lot of possible emphases, with coursework as wide-ranging as studio classes in the design of public spaces, taught by landscape architects, to art clases based in the nature preserve, to classes focusing on history, econ, public policy, education and strategies for social change, not to mention of course enviro science. There are great opportunities through the Redford Conservancy and also through CASA - tons of community involvement. The ease of registering throughout the consortium gives access to an even wider range of academic options. The faculty are top-notch and very supportive. My Scripps student was an EA major; she initially had a Pitzer advisor but ended up deciding that the way Pomona structures the major fit her interests better, so she switched to the Pomona-based version. If you’re a Pitzer student, you don’t have that flexibility, so make sure you like the curriculum… but there’s a lot to like. The acceptance rate is relatively low at 25%, but your son’s stats are comfortably above median, plus the school is need-aware, so I’d be quite optimistic admissions-wise. Pomona would be worth an application too but it’s much more of a long shot.
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