Zoology at University of North Dakota

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

UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and approximately 13,615 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,097 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Dakota in 2021, 5 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.

UND Zoology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology

UND Zoology Rankings

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

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 UND 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	72

How Much Do Zoology Graduates from UND Make?

The median salary of zoology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UND is $28,778. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $24,443 for all zoology bachelor's degree recipients.

Zoology Student Demographics at UND

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

UND Zoology Bachelor’s Program

The zoology program at UND awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical zoology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UND since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in zoology at UND are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

UND 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
• General Biology

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 ND, the home state for University of North Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in ND	Average Salary in ND
Natural Sciences Managers	170	$115,540
Biological Scientists	170	$70,590
Biological Science Professors	130	$85,720
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	110	$69,890

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 MatthewUND under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.