by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Massachusetts” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Ecology is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,060 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 4 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ecology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ecology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Massachusetts” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree ecology students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampshire College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bard College at Simon’s Rock. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Massachusetts list. Located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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