2025 Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #91 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 626 bachelor's degrees in ecology, evolution & systematics biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The ecology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality ecology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on ecology, evolution & systematics biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other ecology, evolution & systematics biology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for ecology, evolution & systematics biology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ecology, evolution & systematics biology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for ecology, evolution & systematics biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Ecology

1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

88 Annual Graduates

$35,322 Median Starting Salary

$37,517 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology needs to check out Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Those ecology, evolution & systematics biology students who get their bachelor's degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins receive $3,246 more than the typical ecology graduate.

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2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

194 Annual Graduates

$37,184 Median Starting Salary

$59,866 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder.

Those ecology, evolution & systematics biology students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Colorado Boulder earn $5,108 more than the typical ecology graduate.

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3

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

140 Annual Graduates

$24,143 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo.

After graduating, ecology bachelor's recipients usually earn around $24,143 at the beginning of their careers.

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4

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

69 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology, evolution & systematics biology from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

5

Utah State University
Logan, UT

59 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology, evolution & systematics biology from Utah State University

6

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

15 Annual Graduates

$31,656 Median Starting Salary

U of I is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Moscow.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the ecology program earn about $31,656 in their early career salary.

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Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best ecology, evolution & systematics biology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	204	139
Colorado	190	452
Idaho	171	13
Montana	134	7

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Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Ecology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Evolutionary Biology	261
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	107
Environmental Biology	88
Epidemiology	79
Ecology	70
Conservation Biology	15
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	6

Majors Similar to Ecology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	2,649
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	1,378
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	523
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	392
Zoology	370
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	282
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	236
Biotechnology	73
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	46
Botany/Plant Biology	15

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.