by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,060 people earned their degree in ecology, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 156 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 146 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in ecology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their ecology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Ozarks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Point Lookout, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 86 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Washington University in St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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