Learning environment is the place where teaching and learning can take place in the most effective and productive way. Meanwhile, student participation is the student’s active involvement in learning activity. This research is conducted to analyze whether there is any correlation between learning environment and students’ participation in the classroom at the English Language Education Department of a private university in Yogyakarta. This used a quantitative research method specifically a correlational design. The data for this research was collected from 95 students of the English Language Education Department at a private university at Yogyakarta batch 2016, using questionnaire. The result showed that the level of the learning environment is 3.06. It means that the learning environment had a high level. Meanwhile, the result of students’ participation is 2.24, which mean that students’ participation level is classified in the moderate category. Furthermore, the result of the correlation between learning environment and students’ participation is 0.00. The level of the correlation (r) of this research is 0.421. It means there is a moderate significant correlation between learning environment and students’ participation