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

a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #91 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 20 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 969 bachelor's degrees in ecology, evolution & systematics biology to qualified students.

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

Your choice of ecology, evolution & systematics biology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to ecology, evolution & systematics biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of ecology, evolution & systematics biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt ecology, evolution & systematics biology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ecology, evolution & systematics biology related body.

Our complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for ecology, evolution & systematics biology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Ecology

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

64 Annual Graduates

$25,724 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Georgia if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the ecology program earn around $25,724 in their early career salary.

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2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

46 Annual Graduates

$25,271 Median Starting Salary

University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ecology program state that they receive average early career income of $25,271.

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3

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

32 Annual Graduates

University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology, evolution & systematics biology from University of South Florida - Main Campus

4

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

91 Annual Graduates

$25,303 Median Starting Salary

$42,849 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in ecology, evolution & systematics biology needs to take a look at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. UNCW is a large public university located in the city of Wilmington.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ecology program report average early career income of $25,303.

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5

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

51 Annual Graduates

$23,504 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ecology program state that they receive average early career income of $23,504.

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6

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC

141 Annual Graduates

$26,838 Median Starting Salary

$41,054 Median Student Debt

Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Conway.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ecology program state that they receive average early career wages of $26,838.

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7

Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, FL

84 Annual Graduates

$21,980 Median Starting Salary

$59,901 Median Student Debt

Eckerd is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Saint Petersburg.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the ecology program make an average of $21,980 for their early career.

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8

The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL

65 Annual Graduates

$29,603 Median Starting Salary

$55,719 Median Student Debt

Located in the large city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those ecology, evolution & systematics biology students who get their bachelor's degree from The University of Tampa earn $4,023 more than the standard ecology graduate.

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9

Florida International University
Miami, FL

26 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology, evolution & systematics biology from Florida International University

10

College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

33 Annual Graduates

C of C is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Charleston.More information about a bachelor’s in ecology, evolution & systematics biology from College of Charleston

Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	321
Georgia	224	67
Tennessee	220	22
North Carolina	213	105
Virginia	213	7
South Carolina	195	197
Alabama	184	44
Louisiana	171	0
Mississippi	169	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ecology

Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Ecology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Marine Biology	798
Ecology	76
Environmental Biology	49
Conservation Biology	21
Evolutionary Biology	16
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	6
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Ecology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	24,108
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	2,119
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	1,870
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	1,708
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	613
Zoology	337
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	212
Genetics	198
Biotechnology	192
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	122

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.