Zoology/Animal Biology
2,683 students earn a zoology/animal biology credential each year across 91 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $28,461
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $49,352
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Bachelor's programs — 86 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado234$27,7411 year out$49,193$25,0002University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma228$30,9311 year out$64,096$23,3753Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio146$29,3031 year out$54,995$25,2104University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut125$35,6181 year out$73,079$23,7505Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan118$26,8011 year out$49,355$27,0006Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio101$29,9961 year out$48,205$24,8007University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming68$29,3591 year out$43,996$23,8758Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma65$23,0311 year out$42,404$21,7509Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon65$27,4911 year out$36,871$25,50010University of California-DavisDavis, California63—1 year out——11Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg, Florida62—1 year out——12University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin61$23,8881 year out$49,352$24,87213University of VermontBurlington, Vermont58$22,3211 year out$37,794$23,25014Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas57$22,2641 year out$47,662$25,03315University of FloridaGainesville, Florida56$23,8091 year out$58,561$20,62516Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio54$28,0711 year out$49,706$23,56217Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia50$33,2581 year out—$24,56918North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina50$25,0691 year out—$21,50019Lees-McRae CollegeBanner Elk, North Carolina48$24,9211 year out$35,006$24,12020Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio43$25,4911 year out$37,701$25,00021Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah42$28,4611 year out$44,320$20,03922California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California38$28,5651 year out$37,169$20,69023Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois38$23,3661 year out$38,317$21,71724Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana38$27,0961 year out—$23,25025Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas38$31,4851 year out$49,595$17,50026State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York37$27,9221 year out$40,758$24,68827Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, Ohio37$29,5471 year out—$26,64628Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington37$28,4691 year out$52,434$17,87529Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin34$25,3031 year out—$27,00030SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York33—1 year out$44,379—31Canisius UniversityBuffalo, New York30$26,3981 year out$40,744$25,00032Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland27$29,8511 year out—$19,50033Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia27$23,9881 year out—$24,39334University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California26$37,6331 year out$53,012—35Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas26$26,8431 year out—$24,85336Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah25$24,4571 year out$51,337—37University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire24$22,2681 year out$42,300$27,00038University of MaineOrono, Maine21$35,1301 year out—$27,00039University of New EnglandBiddeford, Maine20$28,5091 year out$44,700$27,00040Malone UniversityCanton, Ohio20—1 year out——41University of Michigan-FlintFlint, Michigan18$23,3731 year out——42West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas18—1 year out—$21,40643Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky16$17,0851 year out——44Friends UniversityWichita, Kansas15$24,6921 year out—$19,50045Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois14—1 year out——46Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania14$27,2871 year out$36,401$26,40047Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——48Muskingum UniversityNew Concord, Ohio12—1 year out——49Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana12—1 year out——50University of DelawareNewark, Delaware11—1 year out——51Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——52Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——53University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota9$24,7211 year out——54University of California-RiversideRiverside, California8—1 year out——55University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia8—1 year out——56Mars Hill UniversityMars Hill, North Carolina7—1 year out——57Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan6—1 year out——58Utica UniversityUtica, New York6—1 year out——59Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston, South Carolina6—1 year out——60Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee6—1 year out——61University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska5—1 year out——62Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York5—1 year out——63Unity Environmental UniversityNew Gloucester, Maine4$30,9871 year out$44,818$27,25064Hampshire CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts4—1 year out——65Hastings CollegeHastings, Nebraska4—1 year out——66Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey4—1 year out——67Ohio University-Eastern CampusSaint Clairsville, Ohio4$29,3031 year out$54,995$25,21068Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico3—1 year out——69Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon2$27,4911 year out$36,871$25,50070Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama1—1 year out——71Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, Idaho1—1 year out——72University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota1—1 year out——73New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico1—1 year out——74Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio1$29,3031 year out$54,995$25,21075Ohio University-Zanesville CampusZanesville, Ohio1$29,3031 year out$54,995$25,21076San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California—$41,5651 year out$59,685$11,00077Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan0—1 year out$38,797—78North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota—$33,1151 year out$56,284$24,25079Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, Ohio0$29,3031 year out$54,995$25,21080Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio0$29,3031 year out$54,995$25,21081Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas—$30,7361 year out$54,638$18,75082Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah0—1 year out$48,309—83University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut0$35,6181 year out$73,079$23,75084University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut0$35,6181 year out$73,079$23,75085University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut0$35,6181 year out$73,079$23,75086University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut0$35,6181 year out$73,079$23,750
Associate programs — 4 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Certificate programs — 3 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).