2025 Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools in Pennsylvania

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 degrees in animal behavior & ethology annually.

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Animal Behavior & Ethology Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. 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 Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania Schools in Animal Behavior and Ethology

1

Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

68.8% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Bucknell University if you want to pursue a degree in animal behavior & ethology. Located in the distant town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in animal behavior & ethology from Bucknell University

2

Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23.1% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Franklin and Marshall College if you wish to pursue a degree in animal behavior & ethology. Franklin and Marshall is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Lancaster.More information about a degree in animal behavior & ethology from Franklin and Marshall College

Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Animal Behavior & Ethology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	54

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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
Entomology	15
Zoology/Animal Biology	14
Wildlife Biology	8
Animal Physiology	6

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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.