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438 PhD programmes in Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences in United States

Pharmacology and Toxicology
The Pharmacology and Toxicology course from Saint Joseph’s University trains you to contribute to this growing body of scientific and medical research with a curriculum that combines theory with experiment.

Earth Sciences
The Earth Sciences program from University of Memphis provides the perfect spring board for job opportunities in education, government, earth and environmental professions, and earth science research, as well as preparing the student for graduate school.

Leadership and Policy Studies
This Leadership and Policy Studies, Doctorate from University of Memphis is among the leading academic programs in the country offering opportunities to study with nationally- and internationally-renowned faculty in K-12 administration, higher education leadership, and policy analysis.

Environmental Law
The Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) in Environmental Law offered by Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law is a graduate research degree intended to prepare legal scholars to research, publish and teach in the field of environmental law, whether in the United States or elsewhere in the world.

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 Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences course at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) allows you to draw from the best of the best at every University System of Maryland institution and create a degree programme tailored to your needs.

Biological Sciences
This Biological Sciences (BIOL) PhD programme from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is designed to offer a broad, multidisciplinary modern education in the life sciences coupled with the development of in-depth expertise and research training within a specialized area.
Hydrologic Science and Engineering
As we all know, water is essential to life. This core truth drives the research and academics performed each day in the Hydrologic Science and Engineering programme from Colorado School of Mines.
Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology is internationally recognized for innovative, state-of-the-art education and research in the Atmospheric Sciences.
Life Sciences and Clinical Investigation
The Life Sciences and Clinical Investigation program at Northwestern University is designed to connect PhD trainees in life sciences early in their research experience with clinician investigators who can help them see the value of understanding the clinical needs of patients.
Interdisiplinary Research on Substance Use
The Interdisiplinary Research on Substance Use program at the University of California, San Diego is an addiction research program designed to train researchers using cutting-edge, investigational data analytics and methodologies to reduce the national and global burden of substance use and misuse.
Geology
The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) will provide all its students with educational programs that encompass the fundamental principles of the geosciences and the body of knowledge associated with the application of these principles to the study of the Earth and planetary materials. We offer a phd degree in Geology at the University of Houston.
Informatics and Computing - Ecological and Environmental Informatics
The Informatics and Computing - Ecological and Environmental Informatics program at Northern Arizona University will prepare you to work in the transformative "fourth paradigm" of science and engineering, an interdisciplinary field relying on big data and advanced software, hardware, and statistics skills.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The goal of the Earth and Environmental Sciences program from Columbia University is to educate future scientists who may follow careers in academia, research, government, and industry.
Forestry and Natural Resources
In the Forestry and Natural Resources phd degree at University of Georgia we prepare leaders in the conservation and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources; to discover ways to restore and better use the earth’s natural resources; and to put into practice forestry and natural resources knowledge.
Environmental Health
The doctoral program in Environmental Health at Boston University provides students with specialized training and research experience in environmental and occupational epidemiology, exposure assessment, spatial epidemiology/GIS, risk assessment, and toxicology.
Agricultural and Extension Education
The minimum requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree is the completion of 90 semester hours of graduate credit on an approved program of study above the bachelor’s degree. The Agricultural and Extension Education PhD degree is offered at Mississippi State University.
Ecology
Facilities of the School of Ecology in Athens, and at off-campus facilities such as the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, the University of Georgia Marine Institute and other sites in the state, and international sites such as Maquipunca Reserve in Ecuador and the Ecolodge San Luis in Costa Rica, provide students unusual opportunities for ecological training.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program from Princeton University is designed to develop both the breadth and depth of understanding that will enable graduates of the department to respond to future advances in the field.
Biological Sciences - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Biological Sciences - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology degree from Kent State University provides opportunities to study in areas such as animal behavior, entomology, limnology, microbial ecology, ornithology, systems ecology, systematic and evolutionary biology, environmental physiology, vertebrate ecology and population and community ecology.