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Ecology at Iowa State University

Ecology at Iowa State University

If you are interested in studying ecology, you may want to check out the program at Iowa State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Ecology section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Ecology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology

Iowa State Ecology Rankings

The ecology major at Iowa State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ecology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ecology Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecology majors at Iowa State University.

Iowa State Ecology Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of ecology bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecology at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's in ecology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 83
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Ecology Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Biological Science Professors 730 $101,810
Natural Sciences Managers 380 $127,440
Biological Scientists 260 $62,320
Life Scientists 120 $76,570
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 80 $68,670

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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