64 PhD programmes in Ecology in United States

The Human Ecology - Human Development And Family Studies degree at University of Wisconsin Madison offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of families and individuals across the lifespan with an emphasis on research and its application to practice, programs, and policy.

Our Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB) program at Indiana University Bloomington provides training for our graduate students in the evolutionary, ecology, and behavioral processes that underlie patterns of life and diversity.

Integrative Biology from University of California, Berkeley takes a whole-organism approach, extending from the genome and proteome through organismal traits (phenotypes), to communities and ecosystems.

Evolution, ecology and behavior encompass those aspects of the life and environmental sciences that characterize how organisms interact with each other and their environment, and how those interactions change over time. The Evolution, Ecology and Behavior program is offered at University at Buffalo.

The Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management programme offered by University of Wyoming prioritizes rigorous science coursework related to natural resource management, with a particular focus on rangeland vegetation, forests, water and wildlife.

The Interdisciplinary Ecological Science and Engineering degree is offered at Purdue University. Join us! 

The Life Sciences and Public Health program at Northwestern University focuses on scientific research and interdisciplinary public health. Graduates of this program will be positioned for leadership roles in academic and government institutions seeking expertise in molecular or cellular approaches to population-based health questions.

The School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln provides interdisciplinary training and professional development opportunities for students interested in a career in the life sciences.

The Life Sciences program at Northwestern University combines graduate study in biochemistry and structural biology, cancer biology, cell biology, developmental biology,, genetics and genomics, immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, pharmacology, systems biology, and biomedical informatics into a single program. 

The graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Biology spans >40 faculty across campus guiding students from the  Departments of Plant Biology-Microbiology and Biology at the University of Oklahoma.             

The graduate program in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University is intended for highly qualified students who plan to pursue a career that includes research in the fields of ecology and environmental science, organismal biology and/or evolutionary biology.

The Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College offers a PhD through the interdisciplinary program in Ecology, Evolution, Environment & Society (EEES). EEES is a new vision for scholarship, education, and service focused on understanding the complexities of human-environment interaction at different spatial and temporal scales.

The graduate group in Ecology at University of California, Davis is an interdisciplinary graduate program that offers students a combination of both basic and applied ecology. 

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program from The University of Arizona provides research training in ecology and evolutionary biology with areas of strength in biological diversity, evolutionary history and mechanisms, community structure, ecological interactions, behavior, development and mathematical biology. 

Emory University's Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution (PBEE) Graduate Program offers graduate students a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the mechanisms that underlie the diversity and complexity of life. 

The Interdisciplinary Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Ph.D. program at University of Nevada, Reno provides the opportunity to tailor your graduate education to your interests. 

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program faculty members at Rice University are committed to training and mentoring graduate students to reach their full potential as scientists.

The Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology program from Columbia University’s mission is to educate a new generation of scientists and practitioners in the theory and methods of ecology, evolution, and environmental biology. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at University of Florida serves graduate students conducting advanced, original studies of fundamental ecological and social sciences, usually with applications to further society’s understanding of wildlife ecology and to improve conservation of wildlife resources.

The study of the Natural Resources - Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands program from The University of Arizona includes all the biological and physical processes of ecosystems - knowledge needed for sustainable use of rangelands as well as management of the diverse and complex systems that they support.