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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region

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293 Degrees Awarded
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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Zoology/Animal Biology is the 322nd most popular major in the country with 1,687 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 306 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 293 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in zoology/animal biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their zoology/animal biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 216 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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/Animal Biology at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s zoology students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full OSU Zoology/Animal Biology Report

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Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western New Mexico University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region. Western New Mexico University is a public institution located in Silver City, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Western New Mexico University Zoology/Animal Biology Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 12 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas Tech Zoology/Animal Biology Report

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Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

Tarleton State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’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%.

Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at Tarleton

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