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2023 Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$24,676 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,837 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Doctor's Degree School for You

Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology is the #68 most popular major in the country with 3,221 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for ecology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the ecology doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Ecology & Systematics Biology

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin also made our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi graduate students pay an average of $15,995 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ecology, evolution and systematics biology schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students working on their doctor’s degree. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

OSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on this year’s best value schools for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students working on their doctor’s degree. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 per year.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTHealth are $34,558 a year.

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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best ecology, evolution and systematics biology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 261
Arizona 23
Oklahoma 16

One of 14 majors within the area of study, ecology, evolution and systematics biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • 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.

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