by our College Data Analytics TeamEcology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at George Washington University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in ecology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at GWU paid an average of $1,765 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,770 | $31,770 |
| Fees | $54 | $54 |
The median early career salary of ecology students who receive their master’s degree from GWU is $65,387 per year. That is 26% higher than the national average of $51,864.
Online degrees for the GWU ecology master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GWU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 83.6% of the ecology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in ecology at GWU in 2019-2020, 38.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 35 |
| International Students | 5 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Evolutionary Biology | 3 |
| Epidemiology | 64 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to ecology, evolution and systematics biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 16 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 25 |
| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 8 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 7 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 23 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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