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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Alabama, there were 68 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 2 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ecology, evolution and systematics biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ecology, evolution and systematics biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The ecology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama”.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s ecology students in 2019-2020.

UAB also made our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology

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.

Credits

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