by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 239 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,177 and $25,641 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 zoology graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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The zoology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s zoology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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