by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering ecology, take a look at other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of ecology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Physiology | 4 | 166 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 4 | 4,612 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | 89,827 |
| Entomology | 4 | 452 |
| Nutrition Sciences | 4 | 5,456 |
| Anatomy | 3 | 902 |
| Animal Genetics | 3 | 59 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 3 | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 3 | 316 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 3 | 250 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Epidemiology | 3,053 |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 2,375 |
| Conservation Biology | 592 |
| Environmental Biology | 449 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 311 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 176 |
| Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 151 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 119 |
| Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics | 18 |
| Population Biology | 10 |
As a more focused area within Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, ecology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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