Emissions Reports
View publicly reported carbon footprint results from colleges, universities, and other organizations. Use the filters in the left panel to focus in on particular institution types. Click on an institution's name to visit its institution report page, where you can find more details on their goals, emissions over time, and more!
Note: Making direct institution to institution comparisons should be done with caution and recognition that most of the data submitted to the public reporting platform has not been independently verified by a third party.
| Name | Carnegie Classification | State | Latest Year | Total Enrollment (FTE) | Total Building Square Footage (GSF) | Net Emissions (MTCDE) | % Change in Emissions * | Carbon Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Doctorate-granting Universities | MD | 2020 | 97 | 476,653 | 5,338,756,073.07 | 52477860% | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Doctorate-granting Universities | WI | 2024 | 46,220 | 25,571,168 | 682,766.90 | -28% | |
| The Ohio State University - Columbus Campus: Ohio State University Carbon Footprint Report | Doctorate-granting Universities | OH | 2025 | 61,257 | 31,786,147 | 428,522.08 | -33% | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Doctorate-granting Universities | IL | 2024 | 59,316 | 23,416,840 | 423,773.80 | -38% | |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Doctorate-granting Universities | NC | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 376,995.13 | -36% | |
| University of Florida | Doctorate-granting Universities | FL | 2019 | 49,820 | 22,548,907 | 352,615.44 | 18% | |
| Washington University in St Louis: Washington University in St. Louis | Doctorate-granting Universities | MO | 2024 | 17,566 | 13,411,451 | 351,049.41 | N/A | |
| University of Minnesota: Twin Cities | Doctorate-granting Universities | MN | 2025 | 48,353 | 28,183,509 | 329,527.21 | -48% | |
| University of Cincinnati | Doctorate-granting Universities | OH | 2024 | 36,346 | 18,200,000 | 317,802.62 | -18% | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Doctorate-granting Universities | CA | 2020 | 47,675 | 30,414,130 | 286,493.00 | -15% | |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Doctorate-granting Universities | IL | 2024 | 0 | 16,216,002 | 254,095.64 | -14% | |
| University of Colorado at Boulder | Doctorate-granting Universities | CO | 2023 | 34,865 | 12,819,841 | 252,482.70 | 86% | |
| University of California, San Diego | Doctorate-granting Universities | CA | 2018 | 38,798 | 23,099,368 | 250,780.00 | -8% | |
| University of Utah: OneU University of Utah Campuses | Doctorate-granting Universities | UT | 2025 | 35,133 | 19,880,754 | 247,466.50 | -25% | |
| North Carolina State University | Doctorate-granting Universities | NC | 2024 | 34,169 | 16,590,000 | 236,463.73 | -3% | |
| Emory University | Doctorate-granting Universities | GA | 2024 | 14,059 | 12,192,748 | 226,914.81 | -33% | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Doctorate-granting Universities | GA | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 212,733.00 | -32% | |
| Stony Brook University | Doctorate-granting Universities | NY | 2024 | 26,068 | 13,182,409 | 206,660.25 | -29% | |
| Cornell University | Doctorate-granting Universities | NY | 2024 | 25,033 | 15,834,777 | 204,310.37 | -35% | |
| University of Arizona | Doctorate-granting Universities | AZ | 2023 | 47,008 | 13,153,219 | 178,533.03 | -31% |
* % Change in Emissions shows the change in total publicly reported emissions between the earliest and most recent emissions data reported.