2025 Best Zoology Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
98Zoology Degrees Awarded
$29,787Avg Early-Career Salary
Zoology is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #165 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Zoology Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 degrees in zoology annually.
The zoology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Zoology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Zoology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Zoology in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of zoology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in zoology has to take a look at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 zoology students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in zoology has to check out Kansas State University. K -State is a large public university located in the city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 33 zoology students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the zoology program state that they receive average early career income of $26,843.
Friends University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in zoology. Friends University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Wichita. This university ranks 21st out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
After graduation, zoology degree recipients usually make around $24,692 in their early careers.
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).
The zoology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Zoology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Zoology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
