by our College Data Analytics TeamEcology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at University of California - Santa Cruz. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in ecology, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UC Santa Cruz was ranked #69 on College Factual's Best Schools for ecology list. It is also ranked #10 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UC Santa Cruz.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
| Fees | $2,583 | $2,583 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,162 | $1,162 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $18,866 | $18,866 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $5,084 | $5,084 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Santa Cruz in Ecology walked away with an average of $22,000 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $22,345.
The median early career salary of ecology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz is $28,312 per year. That is 19% higher than the national average of $23,713.
Online degrees for the UC Santa Cruz ecology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Santa Cruz Online Learning page.
About 63.1% of the students who received their BS in ecology in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in ecology at UC Santa Cruz in 2019-2020, 46.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 14 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 82 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 17 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Ecology | 99 |
| Marine Biology | 61 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to ecology, evolution and systematics biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 207 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 59 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 341 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 18 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 64 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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