by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in zoology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular zoology programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Zoology Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Zoology Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 doctorate’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Zoology Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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