2025 Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in Washington

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in geography and environmental studies. It is ranked #1150 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for geography and environmental studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 degrees in geography and environmental studies annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Geography and Environmental Studies Schools List

Pick Your Geography and Environmental Studies Degree Level

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 Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Geography and Environmental Studies in Washington

The schools below may not offer all types of geography and environmental studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Washington Schools in Geography and Environmental Studies

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great option for students pursuing a degree in geography and environmental studies. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a degree in geography and environmental studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in geography and environmental studies needs to take a look at Western Washington University. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in geography and environmental studies from Western Washington University

Best Geography and Environmental Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	0

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Geography and Environmental Studies Related Rankings by Major

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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.