by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,028 people earned their degree in ecology, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 233 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ecology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ecology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buffalo State. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, 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 Towson University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Towson University is a public institution located in Towson, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 2 masters’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecology students in 2021-2022.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecology students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Ecology at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecology students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Ecology at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 3 masters’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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