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2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
337 Degrees Awarded
$12,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Zoology/Animal Biology is the 317th most popular major in the country with 1,775 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 360 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 337 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in zoology/animal biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality zoology/animal biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the zoology/animal biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 31 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,454 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $8,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $12,317 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at Texas Tech University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 214 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,675 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at University of Oklahoma

#5

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also made our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton is $15,604 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at Tarleton

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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