2024 Best Zoology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Zoology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #88 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of zoology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 23 doctor's degrees in zoology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Zoology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The zoology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to zoology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other zoology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt zoology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized zoology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for zoology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Zoology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Zoology in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in zoology.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Zoology

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

6 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in zoology has to check out Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a doctorate in zoology from Cornell University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

5 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in zoology needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in zoology from University of Maryland - College Park

3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a good decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in zoology. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in zoology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Zoology Colleges by State

Explore the best zoology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	10
New York	174	6
Maryland	119	5
New Jersey	115	0
Delaware	53	2

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Zoology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Zoology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Zoology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Entomology	22
Animal Physiology	1

Majors Similar to Zoology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	348
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	183
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	179
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	140
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	124
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	107
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	98
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	85
Pharmacology & Toxicology	78
Genetics	46

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.