2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in Illinois

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 “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,312 people earned their degree in ecology, evolution and systematics biology, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,807 and had an average of $31,265 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 94 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ecology, evolution and systematics biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the ecology, evolution and systematics biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree ecology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at UIUC

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 3 doctorate’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at University of Chicago

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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