2025 Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a bachelor's degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #282 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for environmental/natural resources management and policy students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 182 bachelor's degrees in environmental/natural resources management and policy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on environmental/natural resources management and policy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of environmental/natural resources management and policy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental/natural resources management and policy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for environmental/natural resources management and policy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy 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 Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for environmental/natural resources management and policy students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Natural Resources Management and Policy

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

142 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy has to look into Oregon State University. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resources management and policy from Oregon State University

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resources management and policy from University of Hawaii at Manoa

Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental/natural resources management and policy schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	2
Oregon	343	160
Nevada	201	2
Hawaii	172	32

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Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Natural Resource Management area of study, Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental/Natural Resources Management & Policy, Other	139
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics	18
Energy and Environmental Policy	12
Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management	1

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell. More about our data sources and methodologies.