2025 Best Animal Physiology Schools

Animal Physiology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #871 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for animal physiology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 161 degrees in animal physiology annually.

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• Best Overall Animal Physiology Schools List

Pick Your Animal Physiology 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 Physiology Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Animal Physiology in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the animal physiology degree levels they offer.

Top Schools in Animal Physiology

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28.6% Growth in Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in animal physiology. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in animal physiology from University of Wisconsin - Madison

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

107 Animal Physiology Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in animal physiology needs to check out University of Connecticut. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in animal physiology from University of Connecticut

Animal Physiology by Region

View the Best Animal Physiology Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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Rankings in Majors Related to Animal Physiology

One of 5 majors within the Zoology area of study, Animal Physiology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Animal Physiology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	1,687
Wildlife Biology	499
Entomology	447
Animal Behavior & Ethology	250
Other Zoology/Animal Biology	23

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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.