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 “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,984 people earned their degree in zoology, making the major the 165th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, zoology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,104 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 73 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,137 and $23,210 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in zoology. To top this list, a school must have a successful zoology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 59 ’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Zoology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois. Olivet Nazarene is a small school located in Bourbonnais, Illinois that handed out 7 ’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Zoology Major in Illinois list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified ’s zoology students in 2020-2021.
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 2.3% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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