2025 Best Ecology Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
149Ecology Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in ecology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #416 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of ecology. Combined, these schools handed out 149 degrees in ecology to qualified students.
The ecology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Ecology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for ecology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for Ecology in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the ecology degree levels they offer.
University of California - Santa Cruz is a good option for students pursuing a degree in ecology. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz. This university ranks 13th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 58 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in ecology needs to check out University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 22 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
University of California - Davis is a good option for students pursuing a degree in ecology. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 42 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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