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2023 Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$25,503 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,376 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology School for You

With 70 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, ecology, evolution and systematics biology is the #78 most popular major in North Carolina.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for ecology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Ecology & Systematics Biology

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the best value school for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #2 for overall quality for ecology in North Carolina.

Full Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great value for ecology, evolution and systematics biology students. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCW are $7,238 per year.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 20
Florida 191
Georgia 180
Tennessee 38
Kentucky 23
Louisiana 54
Alabama 14
South Carolina 43
Mississippi 11
Arkansas 1
West Virginia 9

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

Majors Similar to Ecology

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 3 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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