Sustainability Awards and Rankings

In FY 2024–25, UC campuses and health centers were ranked as leaders in sustainability by a wide range of organizations and publications.

Download the full list of 2024-25 UC campus and health center rankings, ratings, and awards (pdf).

Highlights from 2024–25:

• Six of the nine undergraduate campuses currently hold an AASHE STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UC Berkeley and UC San Diego have a Platinum rating, the highest STARS rating. Three UC campuses, UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, and UC Santa Cruz earned ratings in the latest version of STARS, version 3.0. UC Merced previously received a Platinum rating and is planning to submit for an updated rating in 2026. 
• UC Irvine Health, UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Medical Center, and UC San Diego Health Jacobs Medical Center were recognized as three of the top 25 Environmental Excellence Award Honorees by Practice Greenhealth. UC Davis Health, UCLA Health’s Santa Monica Medical Center, and UCSF Health received Greenhealth Emerald Awards, recognizing the top 20% of applicants nationwide. UC Health received the Greenhealth System for Change Award, recognizing health systems working cohesively to set systemwide sustainability goals, track performance data, benchmark, and support intra-organizational learning and implementation. 

UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced, and UC Irvine were ranked sixth, seventh, and 20th, respectively, in the Princeton Review’s list of top 50 Green Colleges in 2025.