2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region
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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 New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,067 people earned their degree in zoology, making the major the 165th most popular in the United States. 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 New England region, there were 223 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,177 and $24,254 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in zoology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their zoology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree zoology students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Zoology in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 2 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read full report on Zoology at University of Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 1 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full URI Zoology Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
