2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Ecology in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in ecology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #269 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for ecology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 bachelor's degrees in ecology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for ecology.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Ecology in Illinois

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for ecology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Ecology Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Olivet Nazarene University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in ecology. Located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais, Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in ecology in Illinois. More information about a bachelor’s in ecology from Olivet Nazarene University

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in ecology has to take a look at Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. More information about a bachelor’s in ecology from Northwestern University

Best Ecology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Ecology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	615	0
Ohio	598	3
Indiana	532	2

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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
Environmental Biology	9
Conservation Biology	3

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.