2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Far Western US region, there were 261 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in zoology/animal biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent zoology/animal biology programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UC Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s zoology degrees to qualified students.

UC Davis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700.

Full University of California - Davis Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#2

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at UH Manoa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology (Income $30-$48k)

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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