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2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

10 Ranked Colleges
294 Degrees Awarded
$14,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,312 people earned their degree in ecology, evolution and systematics biology, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,807 and had an average of $31,265 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 587 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,350 and $27,358 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 294 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in ecology, evolution and systematics biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ecology, evolution and systematics biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ecology, evolution and systematics biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at OSU

#3

Rice University

Houston, Texas

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #3 spot on the list. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,999 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ecology students with aid per year to attend Rice.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Rice University Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Report

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #4 spot on the list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid per year to attend UNT.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at University of North Texas

#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid.

Read full report on Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at Texas State

Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Report

#9 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Report

#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at University of Arizona

#9

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

Northern Arizona University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Ecology students with aid.

Read more about Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at NAU

#10

Southern Nazarene University

Bethany, Oklahoma
#10 in overall quality

Southern Nazarene University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 4 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

SNU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Nazarene University is $18,147 for southwest region bachelor’s degree ecology students with aid.

Read full report on Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at Southern Nazarene University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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