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2023 Best Value Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,162 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Zoology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Zoology

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for zoology students working on their bachelor’s degree. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, zoology graduates from BYU carry an average student debtload of $17,859.

BYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value zoology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW are $16,957 a year. On average, zoology graduates from UW take out $21,452 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Weber State University is a great value for zoology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $16,644 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, zoology majors at WSU accumulate an average of around $25,465 in student debt.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 4 spot on the list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado State are $31,470 per year. Zoology majors at Colorado State take out an average of $22,129 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $371.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for zoology in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of I are $27,576 per year.

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Best Zoology Colleges by State

Explore the best zoology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 210
Utah 62
Idaho 8
Montana 0
Wyoming 88

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 5 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).

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