Ecology at Seattle Pacific University

Every ecology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ecology program at Seattle Pacific University stacks up to those at other schools.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 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.

SPU Ecology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology

SPU Ecology Rankings

The ecology major at SPU 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 SPU

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

SPU Ecology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of ecology bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical ecology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ecology at SPU 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in ecology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	2,370	$75,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Biological Scientists	1,270	$85,200
Biological Science Professors	1,060	$85,990
Life Scientists	230	$90,110

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.