Top 50 Green Colleges

The schools that made our Top 50 Green Colleges list share superb sustainability practices, a strong foundation in sustainability education, and a healthy quality of life for students on campus.

We chose our Top 50 Green Colleges for 2026 based on a combination of school-reported data and student opinion, via our institutional and student surveys.


Showing 1 - 25 of 50 results

#1
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College of the Atlantic

  • Bar Harbor, ME
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  • 353 Full-Time Enrollment
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#2

American University

  • Washington, DC
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  • 7,476 Full-Time Enrollment
#3

Lehigh University

  • Bethlehem, PA
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  • 5,911 Full-Time Enrollment
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Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles, California
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  • 7,273 Full-Time Enrollment
#5

Bennington College

  • Bennington, VT
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  • 797 Full-Time Enrollment
#6

University of California—Santa Cruz

  • Santa Cruz, CA
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  • 17,940 Full-Time Enrollment
#7

University of California—Merced

  • Merced, CA
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  • 8,251 Full-Time Enrollment
#8

University of Cincinnati

  • Cincinnati, OH
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  • 33,572 Full-Time Enrollment
#9

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

  • Amherst, MA
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  • 23,920 Full-Time Enrollment
#10

Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Hoboken, NJ
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  • 4,236 Full-Time Enrollment
#11

University of Vermont

  • Burlington, VT
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  • 12,276 Full-Time Enrollment
#12

The University of North Carolina—Asheville

  • Asheville, NC
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  • 3,030 Full-Time Enrollment
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Grand Valley State University

  • Allendale, MI
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  • 19,002 Full-Time Enrollment
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Randolph College

  • Lynchburg, VA
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  • 541 Full-Time Enrollment
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Bates College

  • Lewiston, ME
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  • 1,717 Full-Time Enrollment
#16

State University of New York - Stony Brook University

  • Stony Brook, NY
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  • 18,263 Full-Time Enrollment
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Bentley University

  • Waltham, MA
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  • 4,526 Full-Time Enrollment
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Macalester College

  • St. Paul, MN
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  • 2,138 Full-Time Enrollment
#19

New York University

  • New York, NY
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  • 29,060 Full-Time Enrollment
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University of California—Irvine

  • Irvine, CA
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  • 30,204 Full-Time Enrollment
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University of St. Thomas (MN)

  • Saint Paul, MN
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  • 6,295 Full-Time Enrollment
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Northeastern University

  • Boston, MA
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  • 22,695 Full-Time Enrollment
#23

Dickinson College

  • Carlisle, PA
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  • 2,311 Full-Time Enrollment
#24

Luther College

  • Decorah, IA
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  • 1,902 Full-Time Enrollment
#25

University of New Hampshire

  • Durham, New Hampshire
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  • 11,365 Full-Time Enrollment

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