by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 7,935 people earned their degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States. In , ecology, evolution & systematics biology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $35,579 and had an average of $30,950 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,003 ecology, evolution & systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,605 and $35,598 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 ecology, evolution & systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ecology, evolution & systematics biology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 10 associates’s ecology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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