
Top 25 in the World
Chatham routinely ranks within the top 25 universities in the world for sustainability as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
Alma mater of Rachel Carson ’29, Chatham is consistently ranked one of the top schools for sustainability by the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), selected to the Princeton Review Green Honor Roll, and mentioned as one of the most sustainable universities in the world by USA Today, Forbes, and other national media.
Chatham routinely ranks within the top 25 universities in the world for sustainability as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
Chatham ranked #4 in the Princeton Review's Top 50 Green Colleges, which highlights schools that make the most exceptional commitments to sustainability from academics and career prep to campus clubs and initiatives. This ranking is an improvement from the #7 spot Chatham received in 2020.
Chatham University was selected for the Princeton Review’s 2021 Green Honor Roll for receiving a score of 99 (the highest possible score) in the 2021 Green Rating tallies. Only 30 schools in the country were selected for this honor.
In 2020, Sierra Magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, ranked Chatham University as the country’s 17th greenest university in its annual ranking of the nation's Cool Schools. This is the sixth year in a row that Chatham has earned this top 20 honor.
Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus and K-12 Program received a 2018 Best of Green Schools Award from the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in collaboration with the Green Schools National Network (GSNN).
Eden Hall Campus was recognized nationwide with a 2018 Education Facility Design Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects.
Chatham has been recognized as a Tree Campus USA for nine years running (2012-2021) in recognition of the University’s commitment to promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.
Chatham University’s Falk School of Sustainability & Environment at Eden Hall Campus was one of four organizations awarded the 2018 Environmental Leadership Award by the Pennsylvania Resources Council.
In 2013, Chatham received a prestigious Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature, a nonprofit that works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transforming higher education. Also in 2013, the International Sustainable Campus Network honored Chatham with a Sustainable Campus Excellence Award, the only North American institution so honored that year.
Chatham has been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council, the U.S. Environmental Agency (2012, 2013), and the Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (2011), and was the first university in Pennsylvania to be recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bike Friendly University.