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2023 Best Value Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$36,513 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,444 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Zoology Bachelor's Degree School for You

Zoology is the #166 most popular major in the country with 2,984 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for zoology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Zoology Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Zoology

Our 2023 rankings named Humboldt State University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for zoology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Humboldt State University are $19,744 per year. The average amount in student loans that zoology majors at Humboldt State University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,144.

Read full report on Zoology at Humboldt State University

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value zoology schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wazzu are $27,733 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, zoology graduates from Wazzu carry an average student debtload of $20,737. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $213.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Davis are $44,399 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UC Davis is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Oregon State are $31,579 a year.

Full Zoology at Oregon State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSB are $44,171 per year. Zoology majors at UCSB take out an average of $17,662 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UCSB excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Zoology at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

University of California - San Diego came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCSD are $44,454 a year.

UCSD also claimed a spot on our Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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University of California - Riverside landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree zoology programs. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the city of Riverside.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCR are $43,508 per year.

Read full report on Zoology at University of California - Riverside

Best Zoology Colleges by State

Explore the best zoology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 211
Washington 59
Oregon 62
Hawaii 8

One of 14 majors within the area of study, zoology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Zoology

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 107,165
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14,535
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 11,615
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 8,813
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7,247

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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