BS Environmental Science at The Ohio State University

Programme overview

Ohio State’s environmental science major allows you to explore how science can solve today’s most urgent environmental challenges — from climate change to access to clean water. You’ll learn by doing, connect with passionate peers and professors who know you by name and prepare for a career that makes a difference. Explore other majors offered by the School of Environment and Natural Resources. Offered at: Columbus.

Study mode: full-time | Location: Columbus, OH, United States

What you will study

Whether in the field, lab, classroom, or community, you’ll take hands-on, interdisciplinary science courses that help you understand the environment and how to sustainably manage it. Students in this major spend time outside in their classes at facilities such as Stone Lab on Lake Erie or the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park in Columbus.

Career pathways

94.6% of our graduates take their skills to the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Alternatively, they enroll in graduate school within six months of graduation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to the university (and the college where applicable) applies; no separate programme-specific requirement published. Admitted students are directly enrolled into this major. Students can bring some course requirements with them from high school when they enroll, such as: - Biology 1113 and 1114: Biological Sciences (AP Biology - 5 score) - Chemistry 1210: General Chemistry I (AP Chemistry - 4+ score) - ENR 2100 and 2101: Intro to Environmental Science (AP Environmental Science - 3+ score) - Math 1151: Calculus.

Domestic applicants: USD 12,921 a year (2026-27). Columbus campus on-campus Instructional Fee (tuition) for students beginning Autumn 2026: $6,460.50 per semester at 12-18 credit hours, shown as two semesters (Autumn and Spring). The Ohio State Tuition Guarantee fixes this rate for four years for Ohio re Source

Entry terms for first-year applicants to the Columbus campus: Autumn 2027 and Spring 2027 (Spring 2027 deadline November 1, 2026). Summer first-year applications are not accepted.

Transfer applicants can start in Spring, Summer or Autumn 2027.

First-year, Columbus campus, Autumn 2027: early action (non-binding) deadline November 1, 2026; regular decision deadline January 15, 2027; financial aid priority date February 1; acceptance fee deadline May 1, 2027. Early action decisions: December 11 (Ohio residents and Stamps Eminence applicants) and January 22 (non-Ohio residents and international applicants); regular decision decisions March 5.

First-year applicants apply with the Common Application. ACT or SAT scores are required for first-year Columbus applicants (superscored; sent directly by the testing agency); applicants out of high school two or more years are not required to submit scores. The essay is not required.

Transfer applicants (Columbus campus): Spring 2027 deadline November 1, 2026; Autumn 2027 deadline March 1, 2027; Summer 2027 deadline May 15, 2027. Regional campuses: December 1, 2026, April 15, 2027 and July 15, 2027 respectively.

International transfer applicants: Spring 2027 deadline October 1, 2026; Autumn 2027 deadline March 1, 2027.

Apply through the official page: https://undergrad.osu.edu/apply

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