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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$31,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region

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Ecology is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,060 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 126 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in ecology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ecology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology in the Southeast Region

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Full UF Ecology Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Melbourne, Florida, and it awarded 1 masters’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Ecology at Florida Tech

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 masters’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Ecology Report

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #4 spot on the list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 3 masters’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Ecology at University of Georgia

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s ecology degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 95%.

Read full report on Ecology at UNC Chapel Hill

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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Duke University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Ecology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Duke Ecology Report

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