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Best Value Colleges for Zoology/Animal Biology

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

45

Schools Ranked

$25,318

Avg. Earnings

N/A

Best Payback

3,003

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	$20,344	$30,771	N/A
2	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT · Public	$10,112	$30,771	N/A
3	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT · Public	$9,414	$30,771	N/A
4	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT · Public	$15,152	$30,771	N/A
5	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT · Public	$10,515	$30,771	N/A
6	Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private	$12,676	$22,192	N/A
7	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK · Public	$21,725	$21,508	N/A
8	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH · Public	$23,509	$28,348	N/A
9	Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX · Public	$21,117	$21,508	N/A
10	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA · Public	$14,583	$20,687	N/A
11	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND · Public	$16,071	$28,816	N/A
12	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	$10,364	$28,381	N/A
13	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS · Public	$16,868	$23,649	N/A
14	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	$16,065	$33,077	N/A
15	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$26,022	N/A
16	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY · Public	$9,394	$28,870	N/A
17	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO · Public	$15,086	$26,694	N/A
18	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public	$21,716	$22,964	N/A
19	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR · Public	$20,523	$22,964	N/A
20	Texas State University San Marcos, TX · Public	$12,996	$22,094	N/A
21	Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD · Public	$17,733	$21,234	N/A
22	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$14,499	$22,329	N/A
23	University of New England Biddeford, ME · Private	$32,345	$25,194	N/A
24	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH · Public	$23,513	$24,035	N/A
25	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY · Public	$21,638	$19,683	N/A
26	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK · Public	$14,127	$25,194	N/A
27	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	$8,394	$19,797	N/A
28	Washington State University Pullman, WA · Public	$14,233	$26,850	N/A
29	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public	$20,557	$25,194	N/A
30	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public	$17,525	$29,685	N/A
31	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH · Public	$20,896	$25,194	N/A
32	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY · Public	$16,919	$24,035	N/A
33	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA · Private	$26,766	$22,970	N/A
34	Canisius University Buffalo, NY · Private	$17,680	$23,108	N/A
35	Carroll University Waukesha, WI · Private	$22,237	$31,839	N/A
36	Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, ME · Private	$24,829	$24,863	N/A
37	Lees-McRae College Banner Elk, NC · Private	$21,655	$20,596	N/A
38	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA · Public	$16,716	$16,345	N/A
39	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public	$14,424	$16,580	N/A
40	University of Vermont Burlington, VT · Public	$17,585	$23,069	N/A
41	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$22,880	N/A
42	Utah State University Logan, UT · Public	$13,553	$30,771	N/A
43	University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI · Public	$13,218	$25,194	N/A
44	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI · Public	$16,017	$24,532	N/A
45	Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH · Private	$21,275	$20,140	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.