2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in Colorado

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In 2020-2021, 1,060 people earned their degree in ecology, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 31 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Colorado

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in Colorado

1

Western Colorado University
Gunnison, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Colorado University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Colorado. Located in Gunnison, Colorado, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecology students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Ecology at Western Colorado University

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

#4 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in Colorado list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.