2025 Best Zoology/Animal Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
200Zoology Degrees Awarded
A degree in zoology/animal biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #322 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Zoology/Animal Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 200 degrees in zoology/animal biology to qualified students.
Your choice of zoology/animal biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for zoology/animal biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The zoology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Zoology/Animal Biology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.
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Best Schools for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the zoology degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in zoology/animal biology has to take a look at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 95 zoology/animal biology students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in zoology/animal biology needs to check out University of Wyoming. UW is a large public university located in the remote town of Laramie. This university ranks 1st out of 7 schools for overall quality in the state of Wyoming.
There were approximately 38 zoology/animal biology students who graduated with this degree at UW in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in zoology/animal biology needs to check out Weber State University. WSU is a very large public university located in the small city of Ogden. This university ranks 4th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 58 zoology/animal biology students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of zoology/animal biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for zoology/animal biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
