2024 Best Ecology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Ecology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #103 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of ecology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 doctor's degrees in ecology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on ecology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of ecology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ecology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for ecology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Ecology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Ecology in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in ecology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Ecology

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in ecology has to check out University of Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in ecology from University of Chicago

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in ecology needs to take a look at Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in ecology from Ohio State University - Main Campus

Best Ecology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	5
Ohio	253	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ecology

One of 11 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Ecology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Ecology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Epidemiology	34
Evolutionary Biology	20
Evolutionary Biology	1

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. More about our data sources and methodologies.