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2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$29,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,141 people earned their degree in zoology, making the major the 165th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, zoology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,825 and had an average of $22,041 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 824 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,838 and $23,526 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in zoology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality zoology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the zoology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree zoology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Zoology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Read full report on Zoology at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 5 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree zoology students whose families make $48-$75k list, Purdue has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Zoology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Read full report on Zoology at Purdue

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 6 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Zoology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Zoology Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Zoology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Zoology at Ohio State

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s zoology students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Zoology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Zoology at Michigan State

#5 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 9 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Zoology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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