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Colleges Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Ecology & Plant Biology 151 2,675 37% / 63% 2% $56,723
Ecology 31 679 38% / 62% 1% $53,530
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 34 653 40% / 60% 1% $60,346
Environmental Biology 38 353 37% / 63% 2% $50,877
Conservation Biology 23 227 32% / 68% 1% $50,246
Botany 21 225 34% / 66% 2% $42,342
Plant Biology 9 103 38% / 62% 3% $61,357
Evolution and Ecology 1 85 27% / 73% 1% $52,397
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 1 73 38% / 62% 8% $133,954
Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution 1 46 28% / 72% 4% $54,223
Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity 1 46 43% / 57% 2% $64,106
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology 1 35 31% / 69% 3% $43,916
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity 1 30 23% / 77% 17% $63,466
Human Ecology 1 26 8% / 92% 0% $46,529
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology 2 21 24% / 76% 10%
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology 1 21 24% / 76% 0% $105,598
Ecology and Conservation Biology 1 15 73% / 27% 0% $62,393
Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sciences 1 10 50% / 50% 10%
Plant Biotechnology 1 10 20% / 80% 0%
Plant Genetics 1 10 40% / 60% 0%
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology 2 3 33% / 67% 0%
Agroecology 1 2 50% / 50% 0%
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 1 2 100% / 0% 0%
Botany/Plant Biology 1 0

Degrees in Ecology & Plant Biology

Showing 175 (college, major) pairs in this category.

# University Location Major Degrees Selectivity SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 73 #5 38% / 62% 8% $133,954
2 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology 21 #253 24% / 76% 0% $105,598
3 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 20 #13 60% / 40% 0% $84,867
4 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 27 #123 37% / 63% 7% $81,141
5 Connecticut
New London, CT
New London, CT Ecology 21 #156 29% / 71% 0% $67,977
6 Boston
Boston, MA
Boston, MA Conservation Biology 17 #58 24% / 76% 0% $67,733
7 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY Ecology 39 #50 15% / 85% 8% $65,172
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity 46 #30 43% / 57% 2% $64,106
9 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 30 #63 37% / 63% 0% $63,853
10 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity 30 #608 23% / 77% 17% $63,466
11 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX Ecology and Conservation Biology 15 #101 73% / 27% 0% $62,393
12 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 49 #101 37% / 63% 0% $61,357
13 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX Plant Biology 2 #101 50% / 50% 0% $61,357
14 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI Environmental Biology 48 #310 42% / 58% 0% $57,374
15 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN Ecology 28 #115 36% / 64% 4% $55,948
16 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 158 #183 42% / 58% 1% $54,969
17 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution 46 #239 28% / 72% 4% $54,223
18 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, PA
East Stroudsburg, PA Environmental Biology 7 #1203 29% / 71% 0% $53,977
19 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD Ecology 112 #66 31% / 69% 0% $53,194
20 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO Environmental Biology 92 #534 47% / 53% 1% $52,454
21 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH Evolution and Ecology 85 #120 27% / 73% 1% $52,397
22 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA Ecology 92 #265 40% / 60% 0% $51,019
23 Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK Ecology 43 #273 51% / 49% 0% $50,585
24 Cal Poly - Pomona
Pomona, CA
Pomona, CA Environmental Biology 17 #394 24% / 76% 0% $50,368
25 Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
Stony Brook, NY Ecology 5 #109 20% / 80% 0% $48,495
26 U. of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25 #277 28% / 72% 4% $46,547
27 Tennessee Technological
Cookeville, TN
Cookeville, TN Human Ecology 26 #249 8% / 92% 0% $46,529
28 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25 #166 32% / 68% 0% $46,267
29 Cal Poly - Humboldt
Arcata, CA
Arcata, CA Botany 23 #1259 26% / 74% 0% $46,216
30 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology 35 #645 31% / 69% 3% $43,916
31 Saint Cloud State
Saint Cloud, MN
Saint Cloud, MN Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 14 #1040 50% / 50% 0% $43,771
32 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI Conservation Biology 58 #64 26% / 74% 0% $42,791
33 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY Conservation Biology 65 #615 32% / 68% 0% $40,213
34 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY Environmental Biology 40 #615 45% / 55% 8% $40,213
35 Ohio
Athens, OH
Athens, OH Botany 12 #554 33% / 67% 0% $38,467
36 U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA Ecology 71 #1185 37% / 63% 1% $35,852
37 Utah State
Logan, UT
Logan, UT Ecology 54 #322 59% / 41% 0%
38 U. of North Texas
Denton, TX
Denton, TX Ecology 53 #907 49% / 51% 0%
39 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR Botany 49 #260 31% / 69% 0%
40 U. of Georgia
Athens, GA
Athens, GA Ecology 44 #44 36% / 64% 2%
41 U. of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
El Paso, TX Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 37 #1193 49% / 51% 3%
42 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 34 #4 41% / 59% 0%
43 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA Ecology 34 #26 21% / 79% 6%
44 Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs, CO Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 33 #131 33% / 67% 3%
45 U. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 30 #420 27% / 73% 0%
46 Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, MI
Mount Pleasant, MI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 29 #1093 41% / 59% 0%
47 Tulane
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 29 #85 38% / 62% 3%
48 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC Botany 28 #59 32% / 68% 0%
49 Northern Arizona
Flagstaff, AZ
Flagstaff, AZ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25 #965 40% / 60% 0%
50 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA Plant Biology 21 #9 29% / 71% 5%
51 Monmouth
West Long Branch, NJ
West Long Branch, NJ Environmental Biology 20 #503 30% / 70% 0%
52 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA Plant Biology 16 #608 44% / 56% 6%
53 U. of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Dayton, OH Environmental Biology 16 #237 19% / 81% 0%
54 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN Plant Biology 16 #56 38% / 63% 6%
55 U. of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
Cedar Falls, IA Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology 15 #690 27% / 73% 0%
56 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 15 #451 47% / 53% 7%
57 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA Plant Biology 14 #253 43% / 57% 0%
58 U. of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Burlington, VT Plant Biology 13 #184 23% / 77% 0%
59 Warren Wilson
Swannanoa, NC
Swannanoa, NC Conservation Biology 13 #588 23% / 77% 8%
60 Miami University - Ohio
Oxford, OH
Oxford, OH Botany 13 #335 38% / 62% 0%
61 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL Botany 13 #28 31% / 69% 0%
62 U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI Botany 12 #707 58% / 42% 0%
63 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI Botany 11 #64 45% / 55% 9%
64 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO Environmental Biology 11 #29 27% / 73% 0%
65 U. of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID Conservation Biology 11 #884 36% / 64% 0%
66 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN Plant Biology 10 #115 40% / 60% 0%
67 Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL Conservation Biology 10 #762 40% / 60% 0%
68 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sciences 10 #56 50% / 50% 10%
69 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL Plant Biotechnology 10 #47 20% / 80% 0%
70 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN Plant Genetics 10 #56 40% / 60% 0%
71 U. of Montana Western
Dillon, MT
Dillon, MT Ecology 10 #733 70% / 30% 0%
72 Michigan Technological
Houghton, MI
Houghton, MI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 9 #244 56% / 44% 0%
73 Northwest Nazarene
Nampa, ID
Nampa, ID Ecology 9 #1033 89% / 11% 0%
74 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 9 #54 22% / 78% 0%
75 Plymouth State
Plymouth, NH
Plymouth, NH Environmental Biology 9 #866 33% / 67% 0%
76 Whitman
Walla Walla, WA
Walla Walla, WA Environmental Biology 9 #187 11% / 89% 11%
77 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC Environmental Biology 9 #24 22% / 78% 11%
78 Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK Botany 9 #273 22% / 78% 0%
79 Saginaw Valley State
University Center, MI
University Center, MI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 8 #802 50% / 50% 0%
80 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA Plant Biology 8 #1188 50% / 50% 0%
81 U. of Maine
Orono, ME
Orono, ME Botany 8 #797 38% / 63% 0%
82 Susquehanna
Selinsgrove, PA
Selinsgrove, PA Ecology 8 #489 38% / 63% 0%
83 Utah Valley
Orem, UT
Orem, UT Botany 8 38% / 63% 0%
84 Saint Vincent
Latrobe, PA
Latrobe, PA Ecology 8 #492 50% / 50% 0%
85 U. of Denver
Denver, CO
Denver, CO Ecology 8 #195 13% / 88% 0%
86 Le Moyne
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY Ecology 8 #423 38% / 63% 0%
87 Lincoln Memorial
Harrogate, TN
Harrogate, TN Conservation Biology 7 #953 57% / 43% 0%
88 Providence
Providence, RI
Providence, RI Environmental Biology 7 #220 29% / 71% 0%
89 Trinity
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 7 #69 29% / 71% 0%
90 Ferris State
Big Rapids, MI
Big Rapids, MI Environmental Biology 7 #1209 14% / 86% 0%
91 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI Botany 7 #310 29% / 71% 0%
92 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 7 #29 43% / 57% 14%
93 Seattle Pacific
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA Ecology 7 #655 57% / 43% 0%
94 Connecticut
New London, CT
New London, CT Botany 6 #156 50% / 50% 17%
95 Saint Anselm
Manchester, NH
Manchester, NH Conservation Biology 6 #540 33% / 67% 0%
96 Colby
Waterville, ME
Waterville, ME Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 6 #35 50% / 50% 0%
97 Grove City
Grove City, PA
Grove City, PA Conservation Biology 6 #153 33% / 67% 0%
98 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology 6 #18 17% / 83% 33%
99 Augusta
Augusta, GA
Augusta, GA Ecology 5 #1039 20% / 80% 0%
100 U. of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
Laramie, WY Botany 5 #920 20% / 80% 0%
101 Cornerstone
Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids, MI Environmental Biology 5 #581 60% / 40% 0%
102 Washburn
Topeka, KS
Topeka, KS Environmental Biology 5 40% / 60% 0%
103 Liberty
Lynchburg, VA
Lynchburg, VA Environmental Biology 5 #546 0% / 100% 0%
104 Calvin
Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids, MI Conservation Biology 5 #402 60% / 40% 0%
105 Weber State
Ogden, UT
Ogden, UT Botany 5 40% / 60% 20%
106 San Jose State
San Jose, CA
San Jose, CA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 5 #442 60% / 40% 0%
107 Blackburn
Carlinville, IL
Carlinville, IL Environmental Biology 5 #579 60% / 40% 0%
108 Barnard
New York, NY
New York, NY Environmental Biology 5 #34 0% / 100% 0%
109 Fort Lewis
Durango, CO
Durango, CO Environmental Biology 4 #1154 25% / 75% 0%
110 Lee
Cleveland, TN
Cleveland, TN Environmental Biology 4 #282 0% / 100% 0%
111 Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, PA
Elizabethtown, PA Environmental Biology 4 #463 25% / 75% 0%
112 Spring Arbor
Spring Arbor, MI
Spring Arbor, MI Environmental Biology 4 #730 75% / 25% 0%
113 Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC Conservation Biology 4 #760 50% / 50% 0%
114 Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
Moorhead, MN Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 4 #1003 0% / 100% 0%
115 U. of Oklahoma - Norman
Norman, OK
Norman, OK Botany 4 #288 25% / 75% 0%
116 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 4 #699 50% / 50% 0%
117 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI Plant Biology 3 #30 67% / 33% 0%
118 Lake Superior State
Sault Ste Marie, MI
Sault Ste Marie, MI Conservation Biology 3 33% / 67% 0%
119 Thiel
Greenville, PA
Greenville, PA Conservation Biology 3 #661 33% / 67% 0%
120 Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA
Mount Vernon, IA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 #470 33% / 67% 0%
121 Union
Jackson, TN
Jackson, TN Conservation Biology 3 #172 67% / 33% 0%
122 College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
Point Lookout, MO Ecology 3 #132 0% / 100% 0%
123 Wingate
Wingate, NC
Wingate, NC Environmental Biology 3 #1248 0% / 100% 0%
124 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Paul Smiths, NY
Paul Smiths, NY Environmental Biology 3 #532 67% / 33% 0%
125 Ohio
Athens, OH
Athens, OH Ecology 3 #554 33% / 67% 0%
126 Pitzer
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 #283 33% / 67% 0%
127 St. Lawrence
Canton, NY
Canton, NY Conservation Biology 3 #186 0% / 100% 0%
128 Seattle
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA Conservation Biology 3 #701 0% / 100% 0%
129 Northern State
Aberdeen, SD
Aberdeen, SD Ecology 3 #1012 67% / 33% 0%
130 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, NE Botany 3 #259 100% / 0% 33%
131 U. of Georgia
Athens, GA
Athens, GA Botany 3 #44 67% / 33% 0%
132 Friends
Wichita, KS
Wichita, KS Conservation Biology 3 #878 67% / 33% 0%
133 State University of New York at Cortland
Cortland, NY
Cortland, NY Conservation Biology 3 #867 67% / 33% 0%
134 Barnard
New York, NY
New York, NY Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 #34 0% / 100% 0%
135 Southern Nazarene
Bethany, OK
Bethany, OK Environmental Biology 2 #603 50% / 50% 0%
136 Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH
Kent, OH Botany 2 #957 0% / 100% 0%
137 Saint Edward's
Austin, TX
Austin, TX Environmental Biology 2 #1151 50% / 50% 0%
138 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology 2 #49 50% / 50% 0%
139 Florida Southern
Lakeland, FL
Lakeland, FL Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2 #345 0% / 100% 0%
140 Keystone
La Plume, PA
La Plume, PA Environmental Biology 2 #1169 0% / 100% 0%
141 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI Agroecology 2 #64 50% / 50% 0%
142 Hampshire
Amherst, MA
Amherst, MA Ecology 2 #775 0% / 100% 0%
143 Bethel
Mckenzie, TN
Mckenzie, TN Environmental Biology 2 #505 50% / 50% 50%
144 Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2 #786 50% / 50% 0%
145 New Mexico State
Las Cruces, NM
Las Cruces, NM Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 2 #633 100% / 0% 0%
146 Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, OH
Delaware, OH Botany 2 #787 0% / 100% 0%
147 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
Carbondale, IL Botany 2 #1173 0% / 100% 0%
148 Franklin College
Franklin, IN
Franklin, IN Ecology 2 #632 50% / 50% 0%
149 New Mexico State
Las Cruces, NM
Las Cruces, NM Ecology 2 #633 100% / 0% 0%
150 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA Ecology 1 #416 0% / 100% 0%
151 Grace College and Theological Seminary
Winona Lake, IN
Winona Lake, IN Environmental Biology 1 #471 100% / 0% 0%
152 Southwestern Adventist
Keene, TX
Keene, TX Ecology 1 #446 0% / 100% 0%
153 Pennsylvania Western
California, PA
California, PA Environmental Biology 1 #1164 0% / 100% 0%
154 Drury
Springfield, MO
Springfield, MO Environmental Biology 1 #333 100% / 0% 0%
155 Christian Brothers
Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN Ecology 1 #232 0% / 100% 0%
156 Hofstra
Hempstead, NY
Hempstead, NY Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology 1 #256 0% / 100% 0%
157 U. of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID Ecology 1 #884 0% / 100% 0%
158 U. of Mount Olive
Mount Olive, NC
Mount Olive, NC Environmental Biology 1 #1055 100% / 0% 0%
159 Cornerstone
Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids, MI Conservation Biology 1 #581 0% / 100% 100%
160 U. of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1 #884 0% / 100% 0%
161 Shenandoah
Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA Conservation Biology 1 #570 0% / 100% 0%
162 Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville, FL Conservation Biology 1 #419 0% / 100% 0%
163 DePauw
Greencastle, IN
Greencastle, IN Environmental Biology 1 #198 0% / 100% 0%
164 Molloy
Rockville Centre, NY
Rockville Centre, NY Ecology 1 #976 0% / 100% 0%
165 Cedar Crest
Allentown, PA
Allentown, PA Conservation Biology 1 #819 0% / 100% 0%
166 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN
Winona, MN Environmental Biology 1 #722 100% / 0% 0%
167 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT Botany/Plant Biology 0 #63
168 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 0 #76
169 Greenville
Greenville, IL
Greenville, IL Environmental Biology 0 #1155
170 U. of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA
North Dartmouth, MA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 0 #993
171 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 0 #14
172 Fresno Pacific
Fresno, CA
Fresno, CA Environmental Biology 0 #586
173 Merrimack
North Andover, MA
North Andover, MA Environmental Biology 0 #928
174 U. of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA
North Dartmouth, MA Conservation Biology 0 #993
175 Salem State
Salem, MA
Salem, MA Environmental Biology 0 #1106