2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region
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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree zoology students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s zoology students in 2021-2022.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 masters’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 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%.
Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at University of Oklahoma
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s zoology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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%.
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- *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.
