2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 101 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ecology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ecology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the ecology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in the Southeast Region

#1

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$13,920 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boone, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Appalachian State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,920 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Ecology students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 86%.

Read full report on Ecology at Appalachian State University

#2

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$11,136 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the #2 spot on the list. Augusta University is a medium-sized school located in Augusta, Georgia that handed out 7 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

Augusta University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Augusta University is $11,136 for southeast region bachelor’s degree ecology students.

Read full report on Ecology at Augusta University

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$13,649 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school awarded 46 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Ecology students per year to attend UGA.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 94%.

Full UGA Ecology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology

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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