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2022 Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
158 Degrees Awarded
$18,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southeast Region” 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in zoology/animal biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great zoology/animal biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the zoology/animal biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology 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. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 18 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UF is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UF Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 58 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree zoology students per year to attend NC State.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full NC State Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s zoology students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took 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 $28,903 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students.

Read full report on Zoology/Animal Biology at Liberty University

#4

Mars Hill University

Mars Hill, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Zoology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mars Hill University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mars Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

Mars Hill also made our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Mars Hill University is $18,735 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Mars Hill University Zoology/Animal Biology Report

#5

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Berry College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mount Berry, Georgia, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s zoology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree zoology students list, Berry has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,014 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Zoology students per year to attend Berry College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at Berry

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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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