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Ecology at University of California - Santa Cruz

Ecology at University of California - Santa Cruz

What traits are you looking for in a ecology school? To help you decide if University of California - Santa Cruz is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ecology program.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 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.

UC Santa Cruz Ecology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology

UC Santa Cruz Ecology Rankings

The ecology major at UC Santa Cruz 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 UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ecology majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Ecology Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of ecology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ecology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in ecology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 34
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 2,240 $75,840
Life Scientists 1,610 $108,880

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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