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Program ranking · CIP 26.07 bachelor's · College Scorecard · Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

Best Colleges for Zoology

Using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data retrieved March-July 2026, these colleges rank highest on median earnings for Zoology (CIP 26.07) bachelor's completers. Rankings use earnings only - not prestige, selectivity, or editorial judgment - and require at least 25 completers so tiny suppressed cohorts do not dominate the list.

$69,471
Highest zoology earnings
31
Colleges ranked
$35,875
#31 cutoff

The list in one line

Every college on this list reports at least $35,875 median earnings for Zoology bachelor's (CIP 26.07) completers. University of Connecticut leads at $69,471.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

$69,471
#1 - University of Connecticut
$35,875
#31 - the cutoff to make this list
25+
completers required per school
99
US schools offering this CIP

Earnings are field-of-study medians for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled; see methodology for horizon and lag details.

Top 15 zoology programs by median completer earnings

Zoology bachelor's (CIP 26.07) · higher is higher early-career pay

median earnings

What this shows Zoology pay often reflects graduate-school and research pipelines more than clinic roles - debt still matters when medians sit below clinical health fields.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study As of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

The full top 31

# School Name StateMedian EarningsMedian DebtCompleters
1 University of Connecticut CT $69,471 $23,250 107
2 Brigham Young University UT $57,020 - 27
3 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $55,682 $23,250 216
4 Ohio University-Main Campus OH $55,352 $23,356 167
5 University of California-Santa Barbara CA $53,727 - 27
6 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $50,080 $23,250 50
7 Weber State University UT $49,480 $18,532 58
8 Berry College GA $48,958 $22,500 35
9 Kansas State University KS $48,908 $21,750 27
10 Indiana University-Bloomington IN $48,161 $19,500 38
11 Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $45,501 $21,375 84
12 University of Wyoming WY $44,424 $19,221 53
13 Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO $44,226 $23,875 200
14 Oregon State University OR $44,201 $24,596 55
15 Texas State University TX $43,943 $25,000 44
16 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL $43,207 $19,750 29
17 Miami University-Oxford OH $42,883 $22,500 39
18 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry NY $42,505 - 33
19 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK $42,474 $20,500 74
20 University of Florida FL $41,961 $17,603 43
21 Washington State University WA $41,888 $17,625 57
22 Michigan State University MI $41,768 $25,000 111
23 Texas A&M University-College Station TX $41,543 $16,713 48
24 Liberty University VA $41,103 $24,393 25
25 State University of New York at Oswego NY $40,755 $22,500 54
26 Canisius University NY $40,174 $23,250 42
27 Lees-McRae College NC $38,699 $23,000 33
28 California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA $38,495 $20,095 37
29 North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $38,440 $20,500 53
30 University of Vermont VT $38,421 $22,250 41
31 Kent State University at Kent OH $35,875 $25,000 48

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by College Scorecard field-of-study median earnings for Zoology (CIP 26.07) bachelor's completers. Only operating schools with at least 25 completers and a published median are included. Ties break toward larger completer cohorts. For the full program profile - including every reporting school and national distribution - see Zoology (bachelor's). Methodology lives on our methodology page.

Caveats and limitations

"Best" here means highest reported median earnings for the stated CIP scope - not teaching quality, licensure pass rates, clinical placement strength, or fit for any one student. This list covers Zoology/Animal Biology (CIP 26.07) bachelor's programs only - biology general (CIP 26.01), animal sciences (CIP 01.09), and wildlife biology majors are ranked separately when demand warrants.

Figures cover federally aided completers only, use Treasury-linked earnings, and describe a lagged cohort. Regional pay scales and graduate-school paths both move the median without proving a causal school effect.

This ranking is for informational purposes only and does not constitute academic or career advice. Earnings do not predict any individual graduate's outcome.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings are computed directly from College Scorecard field-of-study data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals.