2025 Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
37Geography and Environmental Studies Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in geography and environmental studies. It is ranked #356 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 degrees in geography and environmental studies annually.
Choosing a Great Geography and Environmental Studies School
The geography and environmental studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geography and Environmental Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geography and environmental studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Geography and Environmental Studies Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Geography and Environmental Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Geography and Environmental Studies in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the geography and environmental studies degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in geography and environmental studies. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.More information about a degree in geography and environmental studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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).
The geography and environmental studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geography and Environmental Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geography and environmental studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
