by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Ecology is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,028 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 37 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in ecology. That schools that top this list have a program in ecology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The ecology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ecology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Franklin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Franklin, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bourbonnais, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio University - Athens Campus is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Zanesville Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio University - Zanesville Campus is located in Zanesville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Ecology at Ohio University - Zanesville Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Marquette, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Southern Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio University - Southern Campus is located in Ironton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Lancaster Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Lancaster, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Eastern Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio University - Eastern Campus is a public institution located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Ecology at Ohio University - Eastern Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus is a small school located in Chillicothe, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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