The main focus area for this major is Zoology/Animal Biology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Zoology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Tarleton State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in zoology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Tarleton was ranked #46 on College Factual's Best Schools for zoology list. It is also ranked #3 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Tarleton.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Tarleton paid an average of $588 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $179 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,951 | $14,123 |
Fees | $3,325 | $3,325 |
Books and Supplies | $1,036 | $1,036 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,321 | $9,321 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,216 | $3,216 |
Learn more about Tarleton tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Zoology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Tarleton took out an average of $23,250 in student loans. That is 5% higher than the national average of $22,140.
The median early career salary of zoology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Tarleton is $27,947 per year. That is 22% higher than the national average of $22,985.
Tarleton does not offer an online option for its zoology bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tarleton Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.7% of the zoology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in zoology at Tarleton in 2019-2020, 48.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 17 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Zoology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Zoology/Animal Biology | 33 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 25 |
*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.