2024 Best Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida

Zoology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #125 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 59 bachelor's degrees in zoology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on zoology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of zoology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt zoology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized zoology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for zoology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Zoology Schools

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 Best Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Zoology in Florida

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in zoology.

Top Florida Schools for a Bachelor's in Zoology

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

47 Annual Graduates

$24,610 Median Starting Salary

$20,625 Median Student Debt

University of Florida is a good choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in zoology. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

After graduation, zoology bachelor's recipients usually earn around $24,610 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in zoology from University of Florida

2

Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, FL

12 Annual Graduates

Eckerd College is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in zoology. Eckerd is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Saint Petersburg.More information about a bachelor’s in zoology from Eckerd College

Best Zoology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Zoology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	224	58
Tennessee	220	4
North Carolina	213	92
Virginia	213	20
South Carolina	195	8
Kentucky	187	13
Mississippi	169	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Zoology

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Zoology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Zoology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	32
Entomology	15
Animal Behavior & Ethology	12

Most Popular Majors Related to Zoology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	6,110
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	666
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	321
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	321
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	232
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	158
Biotechnology	46
Botany/Plant Biology	9
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	9
Genetics	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.