2020 Most Affordable Online Environmental Science Degrees
These schools represent the least expensive options for obtaining an online bachelor's degree in environmental science. Each school on this list offers a tuition rate under $17,000 per year. Fort Hays State University, the #1 option, charges only $6,560 per year. Classes at FHSU include Bioethics, Economic Ideas & Current Issues, Elements of Physical Geography, Global Environmental Issues, Humans & the Environment, and Literature & the Environment. Columbia Southern University comes in second place, with an affordable tuition rate of $6,900 per year.
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| Rank | School | Annual Tuition |
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| Fort Hays State University | $6,560 | |
| Columbia Southern University | $6,900 | |
| Florida Gateway College | $7,146 | |
| Delta State University | $7,501 | |
| American Public University System | $8,100 | |
| Southern New Hampshire University Online | $9,600 | |
| Florida International University | $10,376 | |
| Wilmington University | $11,430 | |
| University of Phoenix | $11,940 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign | $12,270 | |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | $12,768 | |
| Wayland Baptist University | $12,834 | |
| University of South Florida Online | $13,547 | |
| Unity College | $14,100 | |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | $14,594 | |
| University of Maryland Global Campus | $14,970 | |
| University of Florida | $15,000 | |
| University of Arizona | $15,750 | |
| Arizona State University | $15,900 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | $16,091 | |
| Oregon State University | $16,377 | |
| Purdue University Global | $16,695 | |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | $16,980 |
Fort Hays State University Hays (KS)
Example Classes: Bioethics, Economic Ideas & Current Issues, Elements of Physical Geography, Global Environmental Issues, Humans & the Environment, Literature & the Environment Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Columbia Southern University Orange Beach (AL)
Example Classes: Assessing Environmental Science, Environmental Law, Interactions of Hazardous Materials, Pollution Prevention, Total Environmental, Health & Safety Management, Toxicology Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Florida Gateway College Lake City (FL)
Example Classes: Control of Waterborne Diseases, Environmental Decision Making, Environmental Law, Environmental Regulation and Compliance, Water Resource with Application in GIS, Water Technologies Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Delta State University Cleveland (MS)
Example Classes: Conservation Natural Resources, Demography & Human Population Studies, Economic Geography, Geospatial Mathematics, Algorithms & Statistics, Politics of Globalization, World Regional Geography Online Bachelor's Degrees
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American Public University System Charles Town (WV)
Example Classes: Air Quality Management, Environmental and Ecosystems Management, Environmental Economics, Fish and Wildlife Policy, Programs, and Issues, Soil Science, Water Science Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Southern New Hampshire University Online Manchester (NH)
Example Classes: American Environmental History, Ecological Principles and Field Methods, Environmental Ethics, Geology, Geospatial Programming, Global Climate Change Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Florida International University Miami (FL)
Example Classes: Applied Field Ecology, Earth Resources, Energy Flow in Natural and Man-made Systems, Environmental Resources and Pollution, Global Environment and Society, Sustainable Resource Development Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Wilmington University New Castle (DE)
Example Classes: Climate Dynamics, Cultural Anthropology, Energy and Environmental Policy, Environmental Sociology, Our Environment, Our Health, U.S. Regulatory Compliance Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of Phoenix Nationwide
Example Classes: Ecology And Evolution, Energy And The Environment, Environmental Toxicology, Oceanography, Public Policy Analysis, Watershed Hydrology Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Champaign (IL)
Example Classes: Earth Systems, Environmental Economics, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, The World Food Economy Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Virginia Wesleyan University Norfolk (VA)
Example Classes: Ecopoetry, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Writings, Humans, the Environment, and Sustainability, Meteorology Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Wayland Baptist University Plainview (TX)
Example Classes: Alternative Energy Technologies, Environmental Economics, Environmental Laws and Regulations, Environmental Sociology, Environmental/Geographical History of the U.S., Natural Resource Management Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of South Florida Online Tampa (FL)
Example Classes: Economic Geography, Karst Environments, Transportation Geography, Wetland Environments Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Unity College Unity (ME)
Example Classes: Animal Behavior: The Evolution, Ecology, and Social Behavior of Animals, Conservation Biology, Environmental Issues: Deforestation, Biodiversity Loss, and Overpopulation, Environmental Justice, Organisms that Sustain the Earth: Understanding Plants, Using Social Media in a Global World Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park (PA)
Example Classes: Energy in a Changing World, Energy Industry Applications of GIS, From Meteorology to Mitigation: Understanding Global Warming, Global Energy Enterprise, Human Dimensions of Global Warming, Policy Making and Evaluation Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi (MD)
Example Classes: Environment and Ecosystems Principles, Environmental Regulations and Policy, Environmental Technology, Global Environmental Management Issues, Human Health and Disease, Occupational Health and Safety Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of Florida Gainesville (FL)
Example Classes: Environmental Biogeochemistry, Environmental Nutrient Management and Environmental Biogeochemistry, GIS in Soil and Water Science, Nanotechnology in Food, Agriculture, and Environment, Natural Resource Policy and Economics, The World of Water and Environmental Monitoring Techniques Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of Arizona Tucson (AZ)
Example Classes: Careers in Environmental Science, Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Sustainability, Pollution Science Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Arizona State University Tempe (AZ) (and 4 others)
Example Classes: Global Change, Society and Sustainability, Sustainable Ecosystems, Sustainable Energy Technology and Systems, Sustainable Food and Farms, Sustainable World Online Bachelor's Degrees
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay (WI)
Example Classes: Environment and Society, Environmental Sustainability, GIS in Public and Environmental Policy, Micro Economic Analysis, Ocean of Air: Weather and Climate, Transitioning to Sustainable Communities Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Oregon State University Corvallis (OR)
Example Classes: Climate Science, Environmental Geology, Genes and Chemicals in Agriculture: Value and Risk, Global Change and Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Wildland Fire Ecology Online Bachelor's Degrees
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Purdue University Global Indianapolis (IN)
Example Classes: Constitutional Law, Socially Responsible Leadership, The Economics of Environmental Management, The Global Environment, The Politics of Managing the Environment Online Bachelor's Degrees
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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse (NY)
Example Classes: Civic Engagement & Participatory Planning, Environmental Justice: Policy, Law, & Society, Introduction to Spatial Analysis & Geographic Information Systems, Managerial Economics for Sustainability, Sustainable Systems Thinking: Ecology, Economics, & Society, Sustainable Urbanism Online Bachelor's Degrees
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