2025 Best Climate Science Master's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your master's degree in climate science, you won't be alone since the major concentration is ranked #<nil> in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of climate science. Combined, these schools handed out 106 master's degrees in climate science to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on climate science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other climate science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for climate science to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized climate science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for climate science students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Climate Science Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Climate Science Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Climate Science in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in climate science.

Top Schools for a Master's in Climate Science

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

90 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in climate science. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in climate science from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

16 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northern Arizona University if you want to pursue a master's degree in climate science. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in climate science from Northern Arizona University

Climate Science by Region

View the Best Climate Science Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Climate Science

Climate Science is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Climate Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Climate Science	106

Most Popular Majors Related to Climate Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Data Analytics	4,609
Data Science	2,326
Sustainability Science	1,914
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1,860
Nutrition Science	1,636
Behavioral Science	1,629
Computational Science	1,477
Human Computer Interaction	1,048
International Studies	938
Museum Studies	562

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.