2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ecology is the 384th most popular major in the country with 1,130 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 198 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ecology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ecology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree ecology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 6 doctorate’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read full report on Ecology at UMN Twin Cities

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

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