2025 Best Ecology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
233Ecology Degrees Awarded
A degree in ecology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #416 out of 1506 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Ecology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 233 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. For our Best Overall Ecology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Ecology in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ecology degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you wish to pursue a degree in ecology. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 ecology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in ecology needs to look into Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were about 3 ecology students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
New York University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in ecology. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 56 ecology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in ecology. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 75 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 10 ecology students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Selinsgrove, Susquehanna is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 55th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 14 ecology students who graduated with this degree at Susquehanna in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 6 ecology students who graduated with this degree at Towson 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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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. For our Best Overall Ecology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
