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Largest environmental science programs in North Carolina
North Carolina environmental science programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Wilmington | Public, 4-year | 120 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Public, 4-year | 111 |
| 3 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Raleigh | Public, 4-year | 100 |
| 4 | Appalachian State University | Boone | Public, 4-year | 34 |
| 5 | Catawba College | Salisbury | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 15 |
| 6 | Western Carolina University | Cullowhee | Public, 4-year | 15 |
| 7 | North Carolina Central University | Durham | Public, 4-year | 14 |
| 8 | Elon University | Elon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 13 |
| 9 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 10 |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Pembroke | Public, 4-year | 6 |
| 11 | Campbell University | Buies Creek | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 12 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | Rocky Mount | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 13 | Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 14 | North Carolina A & T State University | Greensboro | Public, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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