After publication, Sierra discovered a number of errors in the scoring tool and formula used in our 2015 Cool Schools ranking. In an effort to make our ranking as accurate as possible, we repaired the errors and reran the data, which resulted in changes in position for many schools. Notably, Middlebury College in Vermont leaped into the #5 position. Sierra deeply regrets the errors and apologizes for any inconvenience they may have caused.
The Top 10: America's Greenest Universities | The Complete Ranking: All 153 Schools
Corrected RankSchoolScore1University of California, Irvine867.292University of California, Davis787.463University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh786.914Colorado State University782.905Middlebury College779.086Oberlin College775.957University of California, San Diego766.778University of Connecticut766.309Lewis & Clark College762.5510University of Washington761.7011Arizona State University757.0412Dickinson College753.7913University of California, Berkeley753.6514University of South Florida753.0715Green Mountain College752.2216College of the Atlantic746.9017University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill740.4218Portland State University736.9919University of California, Santa Barbara736.0220Colby College732.0721Stanford University727.1622Chatham University720.8123University of Pennsylvania719.7324Appalachian State University719.4925Emory University718.6726University of Wisconsin–River Falls716.0327University of Maryland, College Park714.0128Duke University713.8729Cornell University713.1130Macalester College708.3931California State University, Chico705.7332George Washington University704.3933University of Minnesota, Morris703.6334University of the Pacific702.4435University of Arizona701.5636Pomona College699.3137Grand Valley State University691.3938Pennsylvania State University690.5039Colgate University688.4240University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign687.4241Harvard University685.6942Oregon State University685.0943University of California, Los Angeles684.4444University of California, Santa Cruz680.3245University of Vermont677.7346California State University, Channel Islands675.9947University of Missouri (Mizzou)675.6248Bard College674.1649Rice University671.7550Santa Clara University670.7951Warren Wilson College666.3452University of Colorado, Boulder661.7553Hobart and William Smith Colleges661.4054Furman University660.9455Iowa State University660.0656University of Florida655.3557Vanderbilt University650.0358Carnegie Mellon University649.2259Colorado College641.9360Hampshire College641.6361Smith College639.5262University of North Carolina at Greensboro637.8863University of Colorado, Colorado Springs637.5064Carleton College633.7365University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point627.0466Loyola Marymount University626.6267Allegheny College625.4468Unity College624.2469Dartmouth College624.0570University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee619.6771Sterling College619.1772Columbia University619.0673University of Louisville615.2774University of Wisconsin–Green Bay615.0075University of Illinois at Chicago613.0276University of Minnesota, Duluth608.8477Massachusetts Institute of Technology608.6378University of Pittsburgh607.5679University of Missouri, Kansas City606.1980Missouri State University605.7181Wartburg College602.5882Southern Oregon University601.8183University of San Diego601.6084Case Western Reserve University599.8485Western Michigan University599.4486Tufts University597.2387Williams College589.9188Texas A&M University589.3489University of Massachusetts, Amherst589.0290Babson College588.8491University of Wisconsin–Whitewater586.1692Champlain College581.6393Brandeis University579.0194Ohio University578.7395Wesleyan University577.3596Aquinas College568.6097Occidental College563.6698Elon University559.0699Bucknell University557.91100Saint Louis University553.17101Frostburg State University550.87102Saint John's University549.35103The Evergreen State College547.61104State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry541.85105Muhlenberg College538.18106Bentley University536.28107University of North Dakota533.56108Boston University533.33109Washington State University, Pullman530.43110Brown University522.68111Oklahoma State University521.76112Knox College519.95113Villanova University519.01114Worcester Polytechnic Institute518.74115Washington University in St. Louis517.68116Lehigh University517.15117Plymouth State University511.68118Gonzaga University507.46119Mills College502.56120University of Mount Union500.93121Temple University496.68122California State University, Fullerton496.30123Miami University491.78124Westminster College490.96125Purdue University484.69126Southern Connecticut State University477.68127Randolph College473.30128University of Dayton472.60129Earlham College467.72130Albion College462.24131Spelman College458.05132Mount Holyoke College455.53133Baylor University451.01134State University of New York at Fredonia436.33135University of Nebraska–Lincoln433.50136San Francisco State University432.36137Creighton University422.91138Weber State University417.64139College of Charleston404.12140Pacific Lutheran University403.39141University of West Georgia396.15142Kenyon College391.53143Binghamton University384.84144Kent State University378.24145LIU Post371.45146St. John's University334.29147Belmont University325.39148Drexel University320.56149California College of the Arts253.84150Wittenberg University219.74151Eckerd College205.62152Radford University188.30153University of Texas at Dallas147.24