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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$26,450 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Zoology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for zoology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for zoology majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in the Southwest Region for zoology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #5 for overall quality for zoology in the Southwest Region .

Read full report on Zoology at Texas A&M University - College Station

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

Read full report on Zoology at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

OSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Zoology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value zoology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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Best Zoology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 159
Arizona 10
Oklahoma 332
New Mexico 5

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

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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