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2023 Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

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Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 “Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in ecology. To top this list, a school must have a successful ecology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree ecology students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 86 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Ecology at Iowa State University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ecology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Ecology at UMN Twin Cities

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Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 15 bachelors’s ecology degrees 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%.

Read more about Ecology at St. Cloud State University

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College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Ozarks. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.

Full Hard Work U Ecology Report

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #5 spot on the list. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s ecology degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNI Ecology Report

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Northern State University
Aberdeen, South Dakota

With a ranking of #6, Northern State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s 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%.

Read full report on Ecology at NSU

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Ecology Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s ecology degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.

Read more about Ecology at WUSTL

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