by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Zoology is the 165th most popular major in the country with 3,067 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , zoology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,104 and had an average of $22,588 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 278 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,170 and $25,794 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in zoology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in zoology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Canisius College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 19 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 4 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #4 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s zoology degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #5 spot on the list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 1 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Frostburg State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Frostburg State University is a small public school situated in Frostburg, Maryland. It awarded 1 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Touro College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s zoology degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Bucknell University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s zoology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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