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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
158 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 186 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,685 for southeast region bachelor’s degree zoology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Florida.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, 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 97%.

Full University of Florida Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 58 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full NC State Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#3

Berry College

Mount Berry, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Berry College landed the #3 spot on the list. Berry is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Berry, Georgia. It awarded 47 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Berry did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $23,131 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Berry.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Berry College Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#4

Mars Hill University

Mars Hill, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mars Hill University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Mars Hill University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mars Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 9 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mars Hill, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mars Hill is $21,037 for southeast region bachelor’s degree zoology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Mars Hill Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s zoology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $29,843 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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