Schools with bomb environmental programs?

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<p>Hi, I need help finding a school that fits all of these descriptions: </p>

<p>I would like to attend a school with both an environmental sciences major and an environmental studies major, so I have a little leeway. </p>

<p>I want the school to be in either a suburban or urban area.</p>

<p>I also want the school to have less than 8,000 or so undergrads and more than 2,000 undergrads.</p>

<p>I want the school to be strong academically. I’m ranked #3ish in my class of 500 so hopefully not too many schools will be super-reaches.</p>

<p>If you guys could help me out, I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Environmentalist bombing? William Ayers teaches at UIC…</p>

<p>On a more serious note, College of the Atlantic is famous for its environmental studies programs, but may be too remote for you.</p>

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<p>Look into Pomona College, Environmental Analysis. Fewer students than 2,000, but the consortium makes up for it.</p>

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<p>I second the Pomona nomination. It seems to fit all of your criteria. It’s in a suburban setting but less than an hour away from LA. It’s very strong academically. And although Pomona has about 1,500 students, there are about 5,000 in the entire consortium.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll put it on my list.</p>

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<p>University of Minnesota I believe has a good Environmental Science program and is in a urban area (Twin Cities).</p>

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<p>Duke is the most obvious suggestion.</p>

<p>[Nicholas</a> School of the Environment](<a href=“http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/]Nicholas”>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/)</p>

<p>[CC</a> - Duke University - Nicholas School](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/760964-nicholas-school-environment.html]CC”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/760964-nicholas-school-environment.html)</p>

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<p>Small urban/suburban universities include Rice, Brandeis, and Wake Forest. Urban LACs include Occidental, Colorado College, and Macalester. These are all selective but not uber-selective, tippy top schools. Wesleyan University is a relatively large LAC, in a large New England town, with a strong overall reputation. It is very selective (but not quite as much so as Pomona).</p>

<p>I cannot vouch for the environmental studies/science programs at any of these. Rice University (US News #17 National U) is a regular participant in the Department of Energy’s annual “Solar Decathlon” contests, which generate interesting research and development activities at each participating school. Unlike most of the LACs, Rice has engineering and architecture schools (unusual for such a small institution). Even if you are not interested in engineering or architecture, those programs (and the solar decathlon projects) are likely to add interesting resources & activities to the school’s environmental programs. [Rice</a> University Enviro-Web | Undergraduate Programs](<a href=“http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~cses/education/undergrad.html]Rice”>http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~cses/education/undergrad.html)</p>

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<p>Check out SUNY ESF(Environmental Sciences and Forestry). It is a State University of New York school, but the OOS tuition is pretty affordable. It’s a small sized school but is right next to/associated with Syracuse University, so you can take advantage of classes and activities there too, and is in an urban/suburban location. (if you can handle the cold weather) ;-)</p>

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<p>MIT’s actually a pretty good fit. It has an environmental engineering major, an environmental science major (offered by the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences), and a political science major in which you can study environmental policy. It also offers minors in energy studies, public policy, toxicology & environmental health, and science, technology, & society. It is in an urban area and has just over 4000 undergrads. And it is strong academically.</p>

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<p>Wow, MIT and Minnesota look pretty cool, thanks for those suggestions as well. (I’m kind of iffy on the SUNY)</p>