2023 Best Value Zoology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Zoology Master'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.
The Best Value Zoology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Zoology
Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for zoology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.
Colorado State also made our Best Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value zoology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.
USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boise.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 per year.
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Explore the best zoology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 210 |
| Utah | 62 |
| Idaho | 8 |
| Montana | 0 |
| Wyoming | 88 |
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Majors Related to Zoology
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 4 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.