2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Zoology/Animal Biology is the 317th most popular major in the country with 1,775 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 186 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in zoology/animal biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent zoology/animal biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the zoology/animal biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree zoology students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 10 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at University of Florida

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s zoology students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at North Carolina State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology (With Aid)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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