2025 Best Ecology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

a bachelor's degree in ecology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #296 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Ecology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 bachelor's degrees in ecology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to ecology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other ecology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ecology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for ecology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Ecology Schools

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 the Best Ecology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Ecology in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in ecology.

Top Texas Schools for a Bachelor's in Ecology

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in ecology has to look into Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

57 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of North Texas if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in ecology. UNT is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology from University of North Texas

Best Ecology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Ecology Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma	377	70
New Mexico	202	2

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Ecology Related Rankings by Major

One of 12 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
Marine Biology	113
Evolutionary Biology	34
Environmental Biology	13
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	7

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.