Environmental Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

If you plan to study environmental studies, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Greensboro has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and approximately 19,764 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UNC Greensboro Environmental Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies
• Master’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Greensboro

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Greensboro offers distance education options for ecosystem studies at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Greensboro Environmental Studies Rankings

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at UNC Greensboro

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecosystem studies majors at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro Environmental Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of ecosystem studies master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a ecosystem studies master's degree from UNC Greensboro, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a master's in ecosystem studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Environmental Science Professors	140	$69,130

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Willthacheerleader18 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.