2025 Best Conservation Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Conservation Biology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #694 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of conservation biology. Combined, these schools handed out 110 degrees in conservation biology to qualified students.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Conservation Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Conservation Biology in the Great Lakes Region

The schools below may not offer all types of conservation biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Conservation Biology

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Conservation Biology Degrees Awarded

28.1% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in conservation biology needs to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in conservation biology from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

It's hard to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in conservation biology. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in conservation biology from Loyola University Chicago

Best Conservation Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best conservation biology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	915	19
Illinois	870	3
Wisconsin	672	57

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Rankings in Majors Related to Conservation Biology

One of 12 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Conservation Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Conservation Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Epidemiology	313
Evolutionary Biology	163
Environmental Biology	91
Ecology	37
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	21
Evolutionary Biology	17
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	10
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	2
Marine Biology	1

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

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