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 Maine” 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 Maine, there were 74 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,267 and $26,972 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Maine” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in zoology. That schools that top this list have a program in zoology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree zoology students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #1 spot on the list. Unity, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Maine list. UNE is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s zoology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Zoology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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