Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

If you plan to study ecology, evolution & systematics biology, take a look at what University of Hawaii at Hilo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year.

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

UH Hilo Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology

UH Hilo Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Rankings

The ecology major at UH Hilo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology. 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 UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of ecology bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical ecology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in ecology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Concentrations Within Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology

If you plan to be a ecology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Hawaii at Hilo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Biology	27

Related Majors

• General Biology

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Health Specialties Professors	500	$137,560
Biological Scientists	300	$79,760
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$115,240
Medical Scientists	240	$96,880
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	200	$73,660

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.