Environmental Studies Alumni (Statistics)

The following is a list of statistics highlighting 35 years of success by Environmental Studies Program Alumni at UCSB!

1) ES Graduates total 4,154 (thru 2005)

2) 1,293 graduated with an official double major

3) 126 ES Alumni graduated with minors

4) 105 ES alumni had served in the Peace Corps

5) 23 ES Program alumni have attended UCSB's Bren School

6) 15 alumni have graduated from UCSB's Grad School of Education

7) List of the most common Alumni "first and last names"

8) Alumni with interesting "environmental" first names

1) As of June, 2005 the Environmental Studies Program has graduated 4,154 alumni (view complete list of alumni).

ES Degrees Awarded (1972-2005)   B.S. E.S. 335 B.S. Hydro 71 B.A. Nat. Sci. Emphasis 91   497   B.A. E.S. 3,051 B.A. - Soc. Sci. Emphasis 606   3,657   Total Number: 4,154

Graph - # of ES Degrees Awarded (1972-2005) click on the map to view an enlarged version

2) Of the 4,154 ES Program Alumni, 1,293 graduated with an official double major, or 31.1% of all ES alumni. This is more than double the UCSB average. Note: the 1,293 figure does not include approximately 30 additional ES alumni with double majors due to unverifiable statistics between 1972-1974.

Most Common Double Majors:     Geography 465 Economics 127 Business Economics 111 Political Science 76 Anthropology 62 Aquatic Biology 48 Biological Sciences 46 Sociology 42 Ecology & Evolution 34 Communication 27 History 29 Law and Society 24 English 23 Geology 23 Zoology 20

Other Popular Double Majors:     Psychology 13 Spanish 11 Mechanical Engineering 10 Latin American & Iberian Studies 10 Religious Studies 9 Philosophy 8 Chemistry 8 French 6 Dramatic Arts 5 Math 4     Depts. with at Least One Double Major:   Art History, Film Studies, Chicano Studies, Black Studies, Asian Studies, Botany, German, Computer Science, Physics, Electical Engineering, Music, Japanese, and Creative Studies.

3) Since 1995, when UCSB began offering official minors, 126 ES Alumni graduated with minors in variety of disciplines.

Most Popular Minors Include:
Anthropology	18
Global Peace and Security	18
History	18
Geology	17
Writing	7
English	6
Art History	6
Physical Education	5
Spansih	4
Chemistry	3

4) A large number of UCSB ES Alumni have pursued the amazing challenges and opportunities associated with becoming a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps. By 2004, 105 ES alumni had served in the Peace Corps, helping establishing UCSB as one of the top schools nationwide that provids environmental volunteers to the Peace corps.

Countries ES Alumni Have Serve in as Peace Corps Volunteers
Country # Honduras 8 Philippines 7 Costa Rica 6 Paraguay 6 Nicaragua 5 Dominican Republic 4 El Salvador 4 Guatemala 4 Jamaica 4 Panama 4 Chile 3 Guinea 3 Guyana 3 Benin 2 Eastern Caribbean 2 Ghana 2 Liberia 2 Morocco 2 Senegal 2 Sierra Leone 2 Tanzania 2 Zaire 2 Zambia 2 Niger 2 Belize 1		Country # Bolivia 1 Botswana 1 Burundi 1 Cape Verde 1 Congo 1 Ecuador 1 Gabon 1 Gambia 1 Hati 1 Kenya 1 Madagascar 1 Mauritania 1 Micronesia 1 Moldova 1 Mozambique 1 Romania 1 Slovakia 1 Thailand 1 Togo 1 Uzbekistan 1 Zimbabwe 1     TOTAL = 105

5) Since accepting its first students in the fall of 1996, UCSB's Donald Bren Graduate School of Environmental Science and Management has been a popular destination for ES alumni. By 2005, 23 ES Program alumni have pursued either a master's degree of Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management (MESM) from the Bren school.

ES Alumni Who also Graduated from the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management (thru 2005)
Lindsey Cavallaro (Powell)				Johanna La Claire (Haggerty)
Dave Court				Ben Livsey
Alicia De Toro				Scott Lowe
Shawn Decker				Matt McGoogan
Karin Didriksen				Stephanie Oakes
Melanie Dunbar				Jason Peery
Brad Edawards				Gil Shenker
Robert Ellis				Jot Splenda
J. Lauren Everett				Stuart Webster
Misty Gonzales				Jessica Wolfe (Grant)
Rolf Hains
Phil Hammer				Total Number = 23
Ryan Harding

6) Obtaining a teaching credential or graduate degree in education has also been a popular path for ES Program Alumni. By 2005, a total of 15 alumni obtained either a Master's degree or teaching credential from UCSB's Gevirtz Graduate School of Education.

ES Alumni who Graduated from UCSB's Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Sharon Brock	Amy Sabbadini
Jill Carlson	Devon Straitiff
Kimberly Gilmore	Elan Sutton
Anne Gott	Lisa Suwara
Christian Hong	Bridget Lewin
Jessica Horacek	Kathleen Beland
Jennifer Knoles
Gina Lucariello	Total = 15
Anna Murray

7) Here is an interesting list of the most common "first and last names" of the 4,154 ES Alumni:

"Last" Names     Smith 29 Miller 27 Brown 21 Johnson 20 Moore 17 Murphy 16 Anderson 13 Lee 12 Williams 12 Jones 11 Evans 10 Young 10 Campbell 9 Fisher 9 Lewis 9

"First" Names (Men)     Michael 104 David 95 Robert 76 John 74 James 71 Christopher 66 Jeffery 58 Mark 51 Brian 47 Willaim 46 Richard 43 Steven 42 Matthew 41 Thomas 38 Stephen 38

"First" Names (Women)     Jennifer 59 Lisa 35 Elizabeth 31 Susan 31 Amy 29 Julie 28 Laura 28 Mary 27 Karen 25 Barbara 22 Nancy 21 Deborah 20 Heather 20 Cynthia 19 Kimberly 18

8) Below is a short list of those Alumni with interesting "environmental" first names:

List of "Environmental" First Names:
Rose 1 Jasmine 1 Heather 7 Ivy 2 Holly 1 Ivy 1 Willow 1 Ginger 1 Robin 11 Phoenix 1 Amber 1 Brooke 3 Clay 1 Cliff 1		Dawn 2 Eve 2 Misty 1 Autumn 4 Summer 1 Sierra 2 Shehandoah 1 Denali 1