2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

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In 2019-2020, 1,130 people earned their degree in ecology, making the major the 384th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 9 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ecology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ecology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree ecology students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in Illinois

#1

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,195 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Olivet Nazarene, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Olivet Nazarene University is $20,195 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Ecology students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Ecology at Olivet 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.

Credits

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