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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
337 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the zoology/animal biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M University - 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid.

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.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students with aid per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Tarleton is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 33 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #4 spot in our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton is $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at Tarleton

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s zoology students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech University Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 214 bachelors’s 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. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree zoology students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

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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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