A program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non-biological aspects of their environments. Includes instruction in biogeochemistry; landscape and/or marine/aquatic dynamics; decomposition; global and regional elemental budgets; biotic and abiotic regulation of nutrient cycles; ecophysiology; ecosystem resilience, disturbance, and succession; community and habitat dynamics; organismal interactions (co-evolution, competition, predation); paleoecology; and evolutionary ecology.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State Â鶹Íø | 95 | 1% | $21,186 |
| 2 | Â鶹Íø of Maryland-College Park | 71 | 1% | $27,146 |
| 3 | 70 | 1% | $26,231 | |
| 4 | Â鶹Íø of California-Santa Cruz | 63 | 1% | $36,217 |
| 5 | 53 | 1% | $24,105 | |
| 6 | Â鶹Íø of Georgia | 46 | 0% | $26,688 |
| 7 | New York Â鶹Íø | 32 | 0% | $73,566 |
| 8 | Â鶹Íø of North Texas | 30 | 0% | $24,712 |
| 9 | Â鶹Íø of Connecticut | 29 | 0% | $32,404 |
| 10 | Â鶹Íø of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 23 | 0% | $27,898 |
| 11 | Connecticut College | 23 | 5% | $71,970 |
| 12 | Â鶹Íø of California-Los Angeles | 21 | 0% | $34,620 |
| 13 | Siena College | 17 | 2% | $55,706 |
| 14 | 15 | 0% | $19,194 | |
| 15 | Augusta Â鶹Íø | 15 | 1% | $21,254 |
| 16 | Towson Â鶹Íø | 14 | 0% | $26,834 |
| 17 | Lesley Â鶹Íø | 14 | 1% | $49,255 |
| 18 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 14 | 1% | $25,059 |
| 19 | Â鶹Íø of Florida | 13 | 0% | $21,211 |
| 20 | Central Washington Â鶹Íø | 13 | 0% | $23,201 |
| 21 | Seattle Pacific Â鶹Íø | 12 | 1% | $58,794 |
| 22 | Susquehanna Â鶹Íø | 12 | 3% | $62,480 |
| 23 | Â鶹Íø of Maryland Eastern Shore | 11 | 2% | $24,216 |
| 24 | 11 | 0% | $20,504 | |
| 25 | Â鶹Íø of California-Davis | 9 | 0% | $35,177 |
| 26 | 9 | 0% | $20,991 | |
| 27 | Ohio Â鶹Íø-Main Campus | 9 | 0% | $28,986 |
| 28 | SUNY Buffalo State | 9 | 0% | $25,846 |
| 29 | 9 | 0% | $23,130 | |
| 30 | 8 | 0% | $27,367 | |
| 31 | Le Moyne College | 8 | 1% | $51,100 |
| 32 | 8 | 0% | $27,758 | |
| 33 | Columbia Â鶹Íø in the City of New York | 8 | 0% | $76,856 |
| 34 | The Â鶹Íø of Montana | 7 | 0% | $20,966 |
| 35 | Â鶹Íø of Denver | 7 | 0% | $67,656 |
| 36 | 6 | 0% | $26,091 | |
| 37 | Northern Michigan Â鶹Íø | 5 | 0% | $24,187 |
| 38 | Northern State Â鶹Íø | 5 | 1% | $21,826 |
| 39 | Â鶹Íø of Northern Iowa | 5 | 0% | $20,934 |
| 40 | Sterling College | 5 | 19% | $50,900 |
| 41 | 4 | 0% | $21,380 | |
| 42 | Castleton Â鶹Íø | 4 | 1% | $25,316 |
| 43 | 4 | 0% | $25,886 | |
| 44 | Franklin College | 4 | 2% | $46,156 |
| 45 | Georgetown College | 4 | 1% | $51,930 |
| 46 | Â鶹Íø of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 3 | 0% | $23,811 |
| 47 | Lewis and Clark Community College | 3 | 0% | $4,560 |
| 48 | 3 | 0% | $36,652 | |
| 49 | Â鶹Íø of Delaware | 2 | 0% | $29,342 |
| 50 | Northwest Nazarene Â鶹Íø | 2 | 0% | $40,890 |
| 51 | Michigan Technological Â鶹Íø | 2 | 0% | $29,969 |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene Â鶹Íø | 2 | 0% | $47,670 |
| 53 | Â鶹Íø of Chicago | 2 | 0% | $78,555 |
| 54 | College of the Ozarks | 2 | 1% | $30,220 |
| 55 | Washington Â鶹Íø in St Louis | 2 | 0% | $74,361 |
| 56 | Greensboro College | 1 | 1% | $42,440 |
| 57 | Molloy College | 1 | 0% | $51,856 |
| 58 | Christian Brothers Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $46,036 |
| 59 | Â鶹Íø of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 1 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 60 | The Â鶹Íø of Montana-Western | 1 | 0% | $20,991 |
| 61 | Rutgers Â鶹Íø-New Brunswick | 1 | 0% | $32,443 |
| 62 | Cornell Â鶹Íø | 1 | 0% | $73,904 |
| 63 | The Â鶹Íø of Tennessee-Knoxville | 1 | 0% | $31,510 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Ecology program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.