Bachelor in Environmental Science (Bachelor's)

Tuition is $1.8 m Major grant.

This programme integrates social sciences, arts, humanities, and natural sciences to study environmental issues. Students choose from four distinct tracks: Environment & Society, Environmental Policy, Sustainability & the Built Environment, or a self-designed path. Hands-on learning includes fieldwork, internships, and community-based research. The curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary analysis and real-world problem solving through service learning and collaborative projects.

Focus areas include Environment & Society, Environmental Policy, Sustainability & the Built Environment, Self-designed, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Design.

The major requires 11 to 12 courses across three components: core courses, track-specific courses, and an environmental internship. A senior seminar is required for all tracks. A senior project is optional and may take the form of a creative or applied work with digital documentation.

Graduates pursue roles in environmental policy, community-based planning, sustainability design, environmental justice advocacy, and research within nonprofit, governmental, and educational organizations.

Applicants must meet general college admission requirements. No specific GPA, test scores, or prerequisites are listed. Submission of a personal statement and academic transcripts is required.

On-campus, full-time, typically four years. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 17% of applicants.

Students from across the nation and 39 countries contribute to Pitzer’s community in Claremont, California. International students make up 9.6% of the student population. Campus life includes four student-run spaces, a student senate with 54 representatives, and opportunities to influence academic policy, faculty hiring, building design and campus artworks. Every student completes a social responsibility praxis course with a service-learning component before graduation, while most complete more than 40 community engagement hours through that course. Six mixed-use residence halls include solar panels, green roofs, living walls, gray-water systems and water-efficient fixtures.

Since 1963, Pitzer has organized its education around social responsibility, interdisciplinary learning, environmental sustainability, intercultural understanding and student engagement. Students can choose from more than 60 majors and minors across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and interdisciplinary studies, while more than 2,000 courses are available across Pitzer and The Claremont Colleges. A 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio supports close academic work. Faculty from different fields often influence one another’s work and co-teach, and students can create their own major. International and globally minded students can take part in study abroad programs; 53.1% of the Class of 2026 participated in study abroad. The college’s community includes students with connections from Los Angeles and New York to Nepal, and its programs connect academic study with community engagement.