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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,099 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,757 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the zoology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our analysis found University of Wyoming to be the best value school for zoology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the 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.

Full Zoology at University of Wyoming Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for zoology students working on their master’s degree. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

Full Zoology at Utah State University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value zoology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boise.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.

Read full report on Zoology at Boise State University

Best Zoology Colleges by State

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

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.

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