Animal Biology
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Animal Biology degree recipients are Fort Collins, CO, Norman, OK, and Athens, OH. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Animal Biology degree recipients are Penngrove, CA, Banner Elk, NC, and Delaware, OH. The most common degree awarded to students studying Animal Biology is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Animal Biology and the types of students that study this field. Colorado State University-Fort Collins awards the most degrees in Animal Biology in the US, but Bergin University of Canine Studies (461643) and Lees-McRae College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Animal Biology.
Tuition costs for Animal Biology majors are, on average, $9,489 for in-state public colleges, and $33,595 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Animal Biology programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,575 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Animal Biology, is Public, 4-year or above (2,575 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Animal Biology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Colorado State University-Fort Collins has the most Animal Biology degree recipients, with 223 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Animal Biology.
Out of all institutions that offer Animal Biology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Bergin University of Canine Studies (461643) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Animal Biology, with 33.3%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Animal Biology by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Animal Biology.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Biology in the United States.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Animal Biology are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Biology are Bachelors Degree, Professional degree, and Masters Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Animal Biology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Animal Biology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Animal Biology.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Arab Emirates that hold Biology degrees (3.87 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (92,609 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Animal Biology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Animal Biology majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Animal Biology majors need more than the average amount of Science, Operation and Control, and Operations Monitoring.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Animal Biology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
