Ecology

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 63 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3366 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

786

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

152

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

184

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,244

awards given

Top Schools for Ecology

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Iowa State University Ames, IA	306
2	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	303
3	Utah State University Logan, UT	276
4	University of Georgia Athens, GA	234
5	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	204
6	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	177
7	University of North Texas Denton, TX	171
8	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	141
9	New York University New York, NY	126
10	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	120
11	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	114
12	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	93
13	Connecticut College New London, CT	81
14	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	69
15	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	66
16	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	51
17	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	42
18	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	36
19	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	36
20	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	36
21	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	33
22	Towson University Towson, MD	33
23	Augusta University Augusta, GA	30
24	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	30
25	Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY	27
26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	27
27	University of Denver Denver, CO	27
28	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	24
29	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	24
30	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	21
31	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO	21
32	Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT	21
33	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	21
34	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	21
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	18
36	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	18
37	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	18
38	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	18
39	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	18
40	Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA	18
41	Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY	15
42	College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO	15
43	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	15
44	Franklin College Franklin, IN	12
45	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	12
46	Boise State University Boise, ID	12
47	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD	12
48	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	12
49	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	12
50	Northwest Nazarene University Nampa, ID	12
51	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	9
52	University of Delaware Newark, DE	9
53	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	9
54	Vermont State University Randolph, VT	9
55	Aaniiih Nakoda College Harlem, MT	6
56	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	6
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	6
58	Hampshire College Amherst, MA	6
59	Duke University Durham, NC	6
60	Christian Brothers University Memphis, TN	6
61	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	6
62	The University of Montana-Western Dillon, MT	6
63	Southwestern Adventist University Keene, TX	3