2023 Most Focused Colleges for Animal Behavior & Ethology in the Southwest Region
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Animal Behavior & Ethology is the 822nd most popular major in the country with 250 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3 animal behavior & ethology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Behavior and Ethology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal behavior & ethology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animal behavior & ethology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Animal Behavior and Ethology Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Behavior and Ethology Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Animal Behavior & Ethology in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Behavior and Ethology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Georgetown, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s animal behavior and ethology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Behavior and Ethology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 3 ’s animal behavior and ethology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.