Zoology at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,991 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Connecticut in 2021, 107 of them were zoology majors.

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

UCONN Zoology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology

UCONN Zoology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks zoology programs across the country. The following shows how UCONN performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The zoology major at UCONN 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 Schools	6
Most Focused Zoology Schools	31
Best Value Zoology Schools	55

Earnings of UCONN Zoology Graduates

The median salary of zoology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $27,868. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $24,443 for all zoology bachelor's degree recipients.

Zoology Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Zoology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 107 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in zoology from UCONN in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical zoology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 50% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in zoology at UCONN are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in zoology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	54
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in zoology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Genetics
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Biological Science Professors	1,160	$104,320
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200
Biological Scientists	150	$93,180
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	60	$78,830

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.