The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Cool Schools 2009 Full Ranking
The complete list of Sierra's 2009 Cool Schools participants
Total scores and rankings for all schools that participated.
| Rank | School | Efficiency | Energy | Food | Academics | Purchasing | Transportation | Waste | Administration | Bonus | Score | Final Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Colorado, Boulder | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 69 | A+ |
| 2 | University of Washington, Seattle | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 68 | A+ |
| 3 | Middlebury College | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 68 | A+ |
| 4 | University of Vermont | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 67 | A+ |
| 5 | College of the Atlantic | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 67 | A+ |
| 6 | Evergreen State College | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7.5 | 10 | 4 | 66.5 | A+ |
| 7 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 66 | A |
| 8 | University of California, Berkeley | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 66 | A |
| 9 | University of California, Los Angeles | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 66 | A |
| 10 | Oberlin College | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 65 | A |
| 11 | Harvard University | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 65 | A |
| 12 | University of New Hampshire | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 65 | A |
| 13 | Arizona State University, Tempe | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 64 | A |
| 14 | Yale University | 9 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 64 | A |
| 15 | University of Florida, Gainesville | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 64 | A |
| 16 | Bates College | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 63 | A |
| 17 | Willamette University | 9 | 4 | 8.5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6.5 | 4 | 63 | A |
| 18 | Warren Wilson College | 9 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 62.5 | A- |
| 19 | Dickinson College | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 62 | A- |
| 20 | New York University | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 62 | A- |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7.5 | 9 | 2 | 61.5 | A- |
| 22 | Tufts University | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 61 | A- |
| 23 | Duke University | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 61 | A- |
| 24 | University of California, Davis | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 61 | A- |
| 25 | University of Oregon | 7 | 9 | 5.5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 60.5 | A- |
| 26 | Stanford University | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 60 | A- |
| 27 | University of California, Irvine | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 60 | A- |
| 28 | Bowdoin College | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 59 | B+ |
| 29 | Columbia University | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 59 | B+ |
| 30 | Johns Hopkins University | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 58 | B+ |
| 31 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 58 | B+ |
| 32 | Emory University | 8 | 1 | 6.5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 57.5 | B+ |
| 33 | University of California, San Diego | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 57 | B+ |
| 34 | California State University, Chico | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 57 | B+ |
| 35 | Green Mountain College | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 57 | B+ |
| 36 | St. Olaf College | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 57 | B+ |
| 37 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 57 | B+ |
| 38 | Unity College | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 56 | B |
| 39 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 7 | 3 | 4.5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 55.5 | B |
| 40 | Oregon State University | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 54 | B |
| 41 | Carleton College | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 54 | B |
| 42 | Colorado State University | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 54 | B |
| 43 | Central Michigan University | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 52 | B |
| 44 | SUNY Binghamton | 7 | 2 | 4.5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 53.5 | B |
| 45 | University of Pennsylvania | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 9 | 5 | 53.5 | B |
| 46 | Washington University in St. Louis | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 53 | B |
| 47 | Ithaca College | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 53 | B |
| 48 | Furman University | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 53 | B |
| 49 | Berea College | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 53 | B |
| 50 | University of Montana | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 52 | B- |
| 51 | University of Idaho | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 52 | B- |
| 52 | Williams College | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 51 | B- |
| 53 | Haverford College | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 51 | B- |
| 54 | Santa Clara University | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 50 | B- |
| 55 | SUNY Albany | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 50 | B- |
| 56 | Pomona College | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 50 | B- |
| 57 | University of Central Florida | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 49 | C+ |
| 58 | Hamilton College | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 49 | C+ |
| 59 | College of William and Mary | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 48 | C+ |
| 60 | Macalester College | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 48 | C+ |
| 61 | Northland College | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 48 | C+ |
| 62 | University of Puget Sound | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 48 | C+ |
| 63 | Vanderbilt University | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 3 | 47.5 | C+ |
| 64 | Brown University | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 47 | C+ |
| 65 | Western Michigan University | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 47 | C+ |
| 66 | Bard College | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 47 | C+ |
| 67 | University of Maryland | 6.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 8 | 3 | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 46.5 | C+ |
| 68 | Ball State University | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 46 | C |
| 69 | University of Rochester | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 46 | C |
| 70 | Harvey Mudd College | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 46 | C |
| 71 | Amherst College | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7.5 | 2 | 45.5 | C |
| 72 | Clemson University | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7.5 | 3 | 45.5 | C |
| 73 | Stetson University | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6.5 | 5 | 1 | 45.5 | C |
| 74 | Naropa University | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 44 | C |
| 75 | Hampshire College | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 44 | C |
| 76 | Prescott College | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 44 | C |
| 77 | Vassar College | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 2 | 43.5 | C |
| 78 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 43 | C |
| 79 | St. Lawrence University | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 43 | C |
| 80 | Fairfield University | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 43 | C |
| 81 | George Washington University | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 43 | C |
| 82 | Drexel University | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 3 | 43 | C |
| 83 | Goucher College | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 43 | C |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 42 | C- |
| 85 | Colorado College | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 42 | C- |
| 86 | LA Community College District | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 42 | C- |
| 87 | Miami University | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 42 | C- |
| 88 | University of Cincinnati | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 42 | C- |
| 89 | George Mason University | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 42 | C- |
| 90 | Elon University | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 42 | C- |
| 91 | Luther College | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 42 | C- |
| 92 | University of Louisville | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 41 | C- |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 40.5 | C- |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin, Stout | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 40.5 | C- |
| 95 | Pacific University | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 40 | C- |
| 96 | Rice University | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40 | C- |
| 97 | Pace University | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 40 | C- |
| 98 | Pepperdine University | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 40 | C- |
| 99 | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 40 | C- |
| 100 | Bastyr University | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 39 | D+ |
| 101 | Loyola University Chicago | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 39 | D+ |
| 102 | Sarah Lawrence College | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 39 | D+ |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38 | D+ |
| 104 | University of Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 38 | D+ |
| 105 | Lawrence University | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 38 | D+ |
| 106 | Marlboro College | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 37 | D+ |
| 107 | University of Richmond | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 37 | D+ |
| 108 | University of Dayton | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 37 | D+ |
| 109 | Sewanee University of the South | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7.5 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 2 | 36 | D |
| 110 | Kalamazoo College | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | D |
| 111 | Tulane University | 6 | 2 | 4.5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 35.5 | D |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 35 | D |
| 113 | DePaul University | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | D |
| 114 | Chatam University | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 35 | D |
| 115 | University of Georgia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 34 | D |
| 116 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 33 | D |
| 117 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33 | D |
| 118 | Champlain College | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 33 | D |
| 119 | Drew University | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32 | D- |
| 120 | University of Illinois, Chicago | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 32 | D- |
| 121 | Washington and Lee University | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 32 | D- |
| 122 | Lasell College | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 32 | D- |
| 123 | Davidson College | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 32 | D- |
| 124 | Centre College | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 | D- |
| 125 | Baylor University | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 29 | F |
| 126 | Muhlenberg College | 5 | 0 | 2.5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28.5 | F |
| 127 | Ohlone College | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | F |
| 128 | Knox College | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 | F |
| 129 | Trinity College | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 | F |
| 130 | Columbus State Community College | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24.5 | F |
| 131 | Azusa Pacific University | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | F |
| 132 | University of La Verne | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | F |
| 133 | Kansas State University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | F |
| 134 | University of Missouri | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | F |
| 135 | Texas Tech University | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | F |