2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 142 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in ecology. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The ecology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree ecology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 13 masters’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ecology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Ecology at USU

#2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecology students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Ecology at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

• Best Value Master’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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

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