by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Ecology is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,028 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 160 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in ecology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their ecology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Adventist University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Keene, Texas, and it awarded 0 ’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ecology degrees to 80 students in 2021-2022.
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 North Texas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ecology degrees to 45 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 3 ’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified ’s ecology students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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