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CIP 26.1301 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Ecology.

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non-biological aspects of their environments. Includes instruction in biogeochemistry; landscape and/or marine/aquatic dynamics; decomposition; global and regional elemental budgets; biotic and abiotic regulation of nutrient cycles; ecophysiology; ecosystem resilience, disturbance, and succession; community and habitat dynamics; organismal interactions (co-evolution, competition, predation); paleoecology; and evolutionary ecology.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Ecology award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 26.1301. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Bachelor degree38800
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2025Master degree27160
2025Post-master certificate215
2025Doctorate — research26187
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year22
2024Bachelor degree40794
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate25
2024Master degree26186
2024Post-master certificate13
2024Doctorate — research26183
2023Bachelor degree36759
2023Master degree24152
2023Post-master certificate210
2023Doctorate — research26174
2022Bachelor degree37661
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2022Master degree25154
2022Post-master certificate25
2022Doctorate — research27178
2021Certificate 1–2 years15
2021Associate degree15
2021Bachelor degree38709
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate11
2021Master degree26136
2021Post-master certificate26
2021Doctorate — research27173
2020Certificate 1–2 years12
2020Bachelor degree39810
2020Master degree26114
2020Post-master certificate16
2020Doctorate — research26152

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 26.1301 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 26 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

85 institutions

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