2025 Best Zoology Master's Degree Schools
When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in
zoology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #183 out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 12 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Zoology Master's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 314 master's degrees in zoology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Zoology School for Your Master's Degree
The zoology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality zoology program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on zoology students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other zoology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for zoology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
- 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 schools for zoology students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Zoology Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Zoology Master's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.