Zoology at University of California - Riverside

If you plan to study zoology, take a look at what University of California - Riverside has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 zoology majors received their bachelor's degree from UCR.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Zoology section at the bottom of this page.

UCR Zoology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology
• Doctorate Degree in Zoology

UCR Zoology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the zoology progam at UCR compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The zoology major at UCR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Zoology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Zoology Master’s Degree Schools	38
Most Popular Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
	74

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in zoology from UCR. This is the #39 most popular school for zoology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Zoology Student Demographics at UCR

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the zoology majors at University of California - Riverside.

UCR Zoology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 zoology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCR. Of these graduates, 83% were men and 17% were women. The typical zoology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 54% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its zoology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Riverside with a bachelor's in zoology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCR also has a doctoral program available in zoology. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

Careers That Zoology Grads May Go Into

A degree in zoology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Riverside.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	2,240	$75,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.