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117 PhD programmes in Environmental Sciences in United States

Geography and Environmental Systems
The Geography and Environmental Systems course at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) focuses on learning about and researching environmental systems, including water resources and earth-surface processes, ecosystem science, and atmospheric processes. The programme involves interdisciplinary collaborative work of local, regional, and international scope.

Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences
The goal of the Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences course at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is to train students with career interests in some aspect of environmental science involving terrestrial, freshwater, marine, or estuarine systems and leads to both the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees.
Earth System Science and Policy
Learn to generate rigorous scientific inquiry that bridges the gaps identified in scientific knowledge. The University of North Dakota's Earth System Science and Policy Ph.D. combines theory with practice, global and local perspectives, and scientific and social disciplines.
Environmental Science and Engineering
This Environmental Science and Engineering PhD program at The University of Texas at San Antonio offers advanced training in research and environmental science with an emphasis on natural resources, especially water resources, land and air resources.
Freshwater Sciences
Are you committed to exploring, protecting and preserving one of our most vital natural resources? Do you like digging into complex scientific problems to discover solutions? Explore a Freshwater Sciences PhD at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Earth and Environmental Sciences doctoral program at Boston College provides students with the tools they need to perform novel research in Earth and environmental sciences.
Environmental Health Sciences
The program in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee offers graduate study leading to an environmental health PhD.
Environmental Toxicology
Tackle critical environmental health challenges through innovative research in this dynamic Ph.D. program in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Mississippi.
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences faculty conduct multi-disciplinary research projects among many of Rice University's science and engineering departments.
Environmental Sciences
Conduct research and develop innovative strategies to mitigate environmental threats with this Environmental Sciences program at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Environmental Science and Technology
The Department of Environmental Science and Technology (ENST) at the University of Maryland offers a graduate program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Physical Environmental Science
The department of Earth Ocean & Atmospheric science at Florida State University is proud to offer both a PhD program and several tracks toward Physical Environmental Science degrees at the masters level.
Environmental Science
The PhD in Environmental Science is offered at Georgia Southern University. Coached by scientists and biologists with decades of expertise in the field, students get world-class instruction in the classroom and hands-on experience in a wide range of natural laboratories along southeast Georgia’s coastal plain.
Forestry and Environmental Resources
The Forestry and Environmental Resources doctoral program at North Carolina State University encourages candidates to explore a variety of advanced challenges faced in a variety of fields.
Environmental Health - Big Data
Housed in the Department of Environmental Health with collaborations throughout the College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics offers exciting training and research opportunities in biomedical data sciences. This Environmental Health - Big Data program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.
Environmental Health - Biostatistics
Housed in the department of Environmental Health with collaborations throughout the College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics offers exciting training and research opportunities in biomedical data sciences. This Environmental Health - Biostatistics program is offered at the University of Cincinnati.
Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
Graduate training in this department at Auburn University enables outstanding students to achieve a high level of scholarly attainment in the Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences.
Climate Variability and Impacts
The Climate Variability and Impacts program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studies the life in the oceans—the distribution, abundance, and production of marine species along with the processes that govern species' spread and development.
Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
The Doctor of Philosophy with a major in plant, soil and environmental sciences and concentrations in crop sciences, horticulture, plant breeding, plant molecular genetics, and weed science is offered under a multi-departmental doctoral program. The Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Ecology – Human Environment Interactions
The Ecology – Human Environment Interactions program from Colorado State University offers outstanding opportunities for graduate studies ecology, including social-environmental systems.