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

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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 the Southwest region, there were 127 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma 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.

OSU also made our “Best Ecology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.

Read more about Ecology at OSU

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ecology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040.

Read full report on Ecology at Texas State

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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

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

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