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 Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of ecology. Combined, these schools handed out 114 degrees in ecology to qualified students.
Your choice of ecology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
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.
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 the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Any student who is interested in ecology needs to look into University of Georgia. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 56 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in ecology has to take a look at University of Florida. UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 23 ecology students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
Augusta University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in ecology. Augusta University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Augusta. This university ranks 27th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 7 ecology students who graduated with this degree at Augusta University in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of ecology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
