2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Zoology in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in zoology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #121 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Zoology in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 bachelor's degrees in zoology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for zoology.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Zoology in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in zoology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Zoology Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

41 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in zoology. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in zoology in Illinois.

After graduating, zoology bachelor's recipients typically earn around $19,500 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in zoology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL

10 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Olivet Nazarene University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in zoology. Located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais, Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in zoology in Illinois. More information about a bachelor’s in zoology from Olivet Nazarene University

Best Zoology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Zoology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	255	130
Ohio	246	403
Indiana	227	39
Wisconsin	209	92

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Zoology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Zoology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Zoology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	51

Most Popular Majors Related to Zoology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	2,474
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	471
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	371
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	226
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	118
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	22
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	13
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	11
Botany/Plant Biology	11
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	8

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.