Bachelor's degree · Biological and biomedical sciences · CIP 26.07
Zoology/Animal Biology: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 89 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Zoology/Animal Biology, together awarding 2,783 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $32,230 one year after finishing and $48,061 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,250 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
89
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
2,783
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$32,230
43 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$48,061
42 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$23,250
43 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Zoology/Animal Biology
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 239 | $35,578 | $48,474 | $22,272 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · Public | OK | 214 | $33,433 | $65,837 | $20,500 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens · Public | OH | 162 | $38,102 | $62,558 | $24,322 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 111 | $35,530 | $72,590 | $20,500 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 107 | $31,386 | $49,991 | $21,496 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 95 | $34,880 | $43,982 | $24,032 |
| Eckerd College Saint Petersburg · Private nonprofit | FL | 89 | $31,929 | n/a | $23,500 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 89 | $34,165 | $46,843 | $20,500 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 88 | $34,347 | $47,715 | $21,905 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 76 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 64 | $30,592 | $50,803 | $13,500 |
| Weber State University Ogden · Public | UT | 61 | $38,061 | $51,942 | $17,997 |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford · Public | OH | 58 | $32,154 | $51,264 | $24,500 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 58 | $32,446 | $47,226 | $17,784 |
| State University of New York at Oswego Oswego · Public | NY | 56 | $32,944 | $45,483 | $26,096 |
| University of Wyoming Laramie · Public | WY | 56 | $35,281 | $47,580 | $20,548 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 51 | n/a | n/a | $18,500 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 50 | $32,228 | $47,083 | $26,073 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 50 | $33,404 | $59,228 | $19,500 |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent · Public | OH | 49 | $31,758 | $48,164 | $24,850 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 47 | $33,486 | $51,382 | n/a |
| University of Vermont Burlington · Public | VT | 47 | $32,230 | $53,385 | $25,000 |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse · Public | NY | 46 | n/a | $43,358 | $16,750 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale · Public | IL | 44 | $30,778 | $46,748 | $18,860 |
| Lees-McRae College Banner Elk · Private nonprofit | NC | 43 | $27,875 | $35,825 | $18,500 |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 39 | $32,712 | $48,618 | $13,370 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware · Private nonprofit | OH | 38 | $28,515 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Canisius University Buffalo · Private nonprofit | NY | 37 | $32,021 | $42,607 | $24,250 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata · Public | CA | 33 | $29,301 | $48,602 | $17,871 |
| Berry College Mount Berry · Private nonprofit | GA | 31 | $31,047 | $55,416 | $20,000 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham · Public | NH | 31 | $38,470 | $47,475 | $27,000 |
| Carroll University Waukesha · Private nonprofit | WI | 29 | $35,803 | $44,776 | $27,000 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 28 | $30,416 | $55,280 | $18,614 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 28 | $30,872 | $52,084 | $11,000 |
| Grand Valley State University Allendale · Public | MI | 27 | n/a | n/a | $24,244 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan · Public | KS | 26 | $32,056 | $47,467 | $22,155 |
| Liberty University Lynchburg · Private nonprofit | VA | 26 | $32,147 | $47,533 | $24,108 |
| University of Maine Orono · Public | ME | 26 | $37,675 | $59,361 | $27,000 |
| West Texas A & M University Canyon · Public | TX | 25 | $31,246 | n/a | n/a |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 22 | $31,927 | $47,958 | n/a |
| University of New England Biddeford · Private nonprofit | ME | 22 | $39,570 | $45,486 | $27,000 |
| Frostburg State University Frostburg · Public | MD | 20 | $34,871 | $53,134 | $23,298 |
| Friends University Wichita · Private nonprofit | KS | 19 | $32,496 | $39,718 | $23,250 |
| Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais · Private nonprofit | IL | 15 | n/a | n/a | $24,500 |
| Bucknell University Lewisburg · Private nonprofit | PA | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Malone University Canton · Private nonprofit | OH | 13 | n/a | n/a | $27,000 |
| Mars Hill University Mars Hill · Private nonprofit | NC | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Delaware Valley University Doylestown · Private nonprofit | PA | 12 | $29,612 | $38,786 | $25,522 |
| Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster · Private nonprofit | PA | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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Quick facts: Zoology/Animal Biology
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Zoology/Animal Biology?
- The College Scorecard lists 89 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Zoology/Animal Biology.
- How much do Zoology/Animal Biology graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $32,230 one year after graduation (43 institutions reporting) and $48,061 five years after graduation (42 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Zoology/Animal Biology graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Connecticut ($72,590), University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus ($65,837), Ohio University-Main Campus ($62,558), University of Maine ($59,361), and University of Wisconsin-Madison ($59,228).
- How much student debt do Zoology/Animal Biology graduates have?
- The median institution's Zoology/Animal Biology graduates leave with $23,250 in federal student loans (43 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Zoology/Animal Biology degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Colorado State University-Fort Collins (239), University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (214), Ohio University-Main Campus (162), University of Connecticut (111), and Michigan State University (107).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Zoology/Animal Biology (CIP code 26.07), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.