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2025 Best Ecology Schools in California

3 Colleges in California
134 Ecology Degrees Awarded
Ecology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #416 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of ecology. Combined, these schools handed out 134 degrees in ecology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Ecology School

Best Ecology Schools in California Your choice of ecology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Ecology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Ecology
Master's Degrees in Ecology
Doctor's Degrees in Ecology

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Ecology Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Ecology in California

The schools below may not offer all types of ecology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Ecology

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
58 Ecology Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in ecology has to look into University of California - Santa Cruz. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were about 58 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA

It's difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a degree in ecology. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were approximately 22 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA
42 Ecology Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in ecology needs to take a look at University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. This university ranks 10th out of 161 schools 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.

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Best Ecology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Ecology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Washington 831 25

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Ecology is one of 12 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Marine Biology 305
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 125
Epidemiology 106
Evolutionary Biology 55
Aquatic Biology/Limnology 34
Environmental Biology 34
Evolutionary Biology 17
Population Biology 5

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