2025 Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Animal Behavior & Ethology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #822 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for animal behavior & ethology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 degrees in animal behavior & ethology annually.

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• Best Overall Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools List

Animal Behavior & Ethology Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Animal Behavior & Ethology in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the animal behavior and ethology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Animal Behavior and Ethology

1

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Animal Behavior and Ethology Degrees Awarded

Indiana University - Bloomington is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in animal behavior & ethology. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bloomington.More information about a degree in animal behavior & ethology from Indiana University - Bloomington

2

Carroll University
Waukesha, WI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in animal behavior & ethology has to check out Carroll University. Carroll U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waukesha.More information about a degree in animal behavior & ethology from Carroll University

Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Colleges by State

Explore the best animal behavior & ethology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	915	0
Indiana	737	39
Wisconsin	672	16

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Animal Behavior & Ethology Related Rankings by Major

Animal Behavior & Ethology is one of 5 different types of Zoology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Animal Behavior and Ethology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	615
Entomology	78
Wildlife Biology	41
Animal Physiology	14

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.