Join a field of academic inquiry and exploration that pairs a robust scientific curriculum with a broad liberal arts education, preparing graduates to tackle the challenges of a changing global environment.
Picture yourself hiking deep into an old-growth forest to inspect its rich biodiversity, wading into streams to investigate the effects of human land use on water quality, exploring coal mines to understand the formation and effects of fossil fuels and visiting wastewater treatment plants to grasp the processes that transform 30 million gallons of contaminated water each day.
When you join our group of passionate student scientists, you are immersed in the study of Earth’s eight billion people and the ways they interact with the natural world. You’ll receive an interdisciplinary and rigorous education that enriches and prepares you to pursue whatever dreams you have for yourself.
Environmental science graduates have embraced abundant and diverse opportunities: they’ve attended graduate, medical, or law school, or immediately landed jobs in industry, secondary education, research, advocacy and government. Follow the links in the After Graduation section to see more about outcomes of a Muhlenberg environmental science education.
Bethany Fluck ’23 and Katie Raab ’24 studied predator and prey interactions under the mentorship of Professor of Biology Erika Iyengar.
Wilfond will receive an honorary degree alongside environmentalist Karen El-Chaar at the May 22, 2022 ceremony.
Decades of research and a new book by Professor Daniel Klem provide solutions for this critical conservation issue.
A new scholarship and research grants, all earmarked for sustainability studies, expand opportunities for students.
