2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Zoology/Animal Biology is the 322nd most popular major in the country with 1,674 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 58 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 zoology/animal biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in zoology/animal biology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their zoology/animal biology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The zoology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree zoology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology in the New England Region

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s zoology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at University of Maine

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Zoology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNH is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Zoology/Animal Biology at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.