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2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
462 Degrees Awarded
$17,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Zoology is the 165th most popular major in the country with 3,141 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, zoology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,825 and had an average of $22,041 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 519 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,325 and $21,556 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 462 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in zoology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality zoology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the zoology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 73 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 more about Zoology at Texas A&M College Station

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 61 bachelors’s zoology degrees to qualified students.

OSU also made our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid per year to attend OSU.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Zoology Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 bachelors’s zoology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid per year to attend Texas State.

Full Texas State Zoology Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #4 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid.

Read full report on Zoology at West Texas A&M University

#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #5 spot in our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid per year to attend Tarleton State University.

Read full report on Zoology at Tarleton

#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students with aid per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Zoology at Texas Tech University

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 214 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s zoology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students with aid per year to attend University of Oklahoma.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Zoology Report

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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