by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Zoology is the 165th most popular major in the country with 2,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, zoology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,104 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 58 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,657 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in zoology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their zoology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Keystone College landed the #1 spot on the list. Keystone College is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Plume, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #2 spot on the list. DelVal is a small school located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania that handed out 13 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin and Marshall College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bucknell University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Pennsylvania. Bucknell University is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s zoology degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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