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Environmental Studies at Boston College

Environmental Studies at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,934.

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.

Boston College Environmental Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Boston College Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at Boston College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at Boston College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecosystem studies majors at Boston College.

Boston College Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecosystem studies at Boston College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's in ecosystem studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 26
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,950 $82,580
Environmental Science Professors 380 $89,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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