2024 Best Zoology/Animal Biology Schools in California
3Colleges in California
148Zoology Degrees Awarded
A degree in zoology/animal biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #322 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of zoology/animal biology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 148 degrees in zoology/animal biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The zoology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Zoology/Animal Biology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for zoology/animal biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Zoology/Animal Biology Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Zoology/Animal Biology in California
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the zoology degree levels they offer.
University of California - Davis is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in zoology/animal biology. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. This university ranks 13th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 75 zoology/animal biology students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of California - Santa Barbara if you wish to pursue a degree in zoology/animal biology. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were about 24 zoology/animal biology students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in zoology/animal biology needs to check out Humboldt State University. Located in the remote town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 126th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 47 zoology/animal biology students who graduated with this degree at Humboldt State University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The zoology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Zoology/Animal Biology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for zoology/animal biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
