4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$47,180
Program median
Program + credential
Zoology/Animal Biology.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$47,284
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,570
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
2,635
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Clemson University Clemson, SC | Public | $22,253 | 86.6% | Available |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO | Public | $21,279 | 66.5% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | Public | $19,406 | 71.1% | Available |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | Public | $20,787 | 63.7% | Available |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | Public | $19,151 | 68.8% | Available |
| Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH | Public | $28,384 | 79.8% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | Public | $17,595 | 66.7% | Available |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | Public | $17,303 | 84.8% | Available |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | Public | $15,543 | 63.9% | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | Public | $21,637 | 65.5% | Available |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | Public | $17,447 | 68.2% | Available |
| Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | Public | $19,604 | 70.1% | Available |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR | Public | $18,048 | 55.6% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | Public | $14,600 | 83.1% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | Public | $13,297 | 62.4% | Available |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX | Public | $21,315 | 83.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | Private nonprofit | $39,949 | 86.1% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | $18,209 | 70.5% | Available |
| University of California-Davis Davis, CA | Public | $14,741 | 85.7% | Available |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA | Public | $14,304 | 76% | Available |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | $17,799 | 80.6% | Available |
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | $6,541 | 91.1% | Available |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $13,936 | 89.7% | Available |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI | Public | $15,664 | 64.3% | Available |
| University of Idaho Moscow, ID | Public | $14,831 | 57.3% | Available |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | $14,355 | 85.1% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of Maine Orono, ME | Public | $17,510 | 54.9% | Available |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | Public | $15,678 | 88.6% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN | Public | $18,743 | 64.7% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | Public | $17,747 | 67% | Available |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | Public | $23,805 | 76.1% | Available |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | Public | $15,300 | 75.3% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | $17,354 | 89.6% | Available |
| University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | Public | $13,599 | 58.8% | Available |
| Utah State University Logan, UT | Public | $14,936 | 59.1% | Available |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $24,953 | 86.2% | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |