Ecology

STEM • Biological And Biomedical Sciences

What is it about?

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.

Numbers at a glance

266th
Popular nationwide
345
Search Rank on O's List
40
Colleges offer it
793
Graduates (2018-19)
Men42%Women58%

Trends

Graduates
73262761756163853458056660166876375972376172771579381070902004006008002002-032003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21
Popularity Rank
Top501001502002503002002200420062008201020122014201620182020

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Public23Private17
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Public28Private9
Number of Colleges by Size
Very Small2Small12Medium-Sized11Large7Very Large8

O's Insights on Ecology

  • Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 81% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 1,473 67