2025 Best Ecology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of ecology. Combined, these schools handed out 94 degrees in ecology to qualified students.

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• Best Overall Ecology Schools List

Ecology Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Ecology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Ecology in the Rocky Mountains 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.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Ecology

1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30.8% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you want to pursue a degree in ecology. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.More information about a degree in ecology from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

2

Utah State University
Logan, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Utah State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in ecology. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in ecology from Utah State University

Best Ecology Colleges by State

Explore the best ecology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	597	22
Colorado	590	31
Idaho	446	4
Montana	340	16
Wyoming	278	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ecology

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
Evolutionary Biology	275
Epidemiology	105
Environmental Biology	100
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	94
Conservation Biology	17
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	12
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	1

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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.