2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ecology is the 384th most popular major in the country with 1,130 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 165 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in ecology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ecology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ecology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California

$28,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. UCR is located in Riverside, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s ecology degrees to qualified students.

UCR not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Ecology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCR are $28,686, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Ecology at UCR

#2

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Ecology at University of California - Davis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology (With Aid)

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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