<p>Yeah... like the title says: what are some schools that are good for zoology?</p>
<p>UC Davis comes to mind.</p>
<p>UC-Davis is a good one. The problem is that a lot of schools have programs that are zoology programs (among other things: ecology, evolutionary biology, animal sciences, etc.) but don't call them zoology. I would divide the schools into publics and privates: Public schools often have zoology programs as well as animal sciences/ pre-veterinary studies, while private schools have zoology programs but often combine them with ecology and evolutionary biology. </p>
<p>Public schools:</p>
<p>University of California - Berkeley (Integrative Biology)
University of California - Davis
University of California - Santa Barbara
Colorado State
Humboldt State
Indiana University - Bloomington
North Dakota State
Rutgers - New Brunswick Campus
San Diego State
Ohio State
SUNY - College of Environmental Science and Forestry<br>
Texas A&M University
Oregon State University
University of Montana
University of Florida
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Vermont
Washington State
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Georgia</p>
<p>Private Schools:
Ohio Wesleyan
Clemson University
Washington University in St. Louis
Duke University
Purdue University - West Lafayette
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Harvard University (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
Princeton University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)</p>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p>Tokyo</p>
<p>P.S. If you're at all interested in Princeton's Ecology and Evolutionary biology program, I'm majoring in that department so I could give you some information.</p>
<p>UGA is public. Just FYI.</p>
<p>Delaware Valley
Davidson College
Miami University of Ohio</p>
<p>P.S. Information gathered from a combination of my humble list of contacts in the world of American zoological parks (I work at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago), the Princeton Review, and "The Panda's Thumb" blog.</p>
<p>Vesh I was just typing fast, I fixed the UGA thing as you posted. ShesOnHerWay, Miami University is another good addition.</p>
<p>In my state, Washington State U is quite good in this field, and the vet school there is pretty reputable.</p>
<p>I'm surprised that posters missed several large and active zoology programs- NC State, Michigan State, Auburn, Maine, UNH, U Oklahoma, Hawaii, and UBC immediately come to mind. </p>
<p>Although it has an EEB program rather than zoology, UC Boulder has quite a good program.</p>
<p>I disagree very strongly with Duke's inclusion in tokyo's list. It used to have top notch programs in botany and zoology, but its offerings in zoology have virtually disappeared since the merging of the two into biology. Most of the zoology faculty retired. Duke does have significant strengths in marine biology and primatology/biological anthropology, however. Chicago's offerings in ecology are also somewhat limited, although their evolution program is obviously top-notch.</p>
<p>Tokyo mentioned that he was typing fast, so I feel that I should point out that Clemson is public.</p>
<p>Wisconsin still has a large independent department.</p>
<p>Warbler thank you for the update about Duke. That is a terrible shame. Also, I never said my list was complete by any means, and on these kinds of threads, they usually aren't. </p>
<p>P.S. I keep forgetting Clemson is public.</p>
<p>Rugg's Recomendations (2007) lists these schools (recommended for undergrad zoology) not listed above. (Doesn't list all of the above schools, BTW)</p>
<p>Univ. of North Carolina *1
Penn State *1</p>
<p>Albertson <em>2
Arizona State *2
Brigham Young *2
Univ of Connecticut
Iowa State *2
Univ of Kansas *2
Univ. of Kentucky *2
Univ of Maryland *2
Univ of Massachusetts *2
North Carolina State *2
North Central (IL) *2
Ohio University (Athens) 2</em>
Oswego (SUNY NY) *2
Univ of Texas (Austin) *2
Univ of Washington *2</p>
<p>Cal Poly State (Pomona)<em>3
Cal State (San Jose)</em>3
Colorado State<em>3
Eastern Illinois</em>3
Howard (DC)<em>3
Louisiana-Lafayette</em>3
Louisiana State<em>3
San Jose State</em>3
Southeastern Oklahoma State<em>3
Southern Illinois Univ (Carbondale)</em>3
Univ of Tennessee *3
Weber State (UT) *3
Univ of Wyoming *3</p>
<p>New at this so please excuse. Great starting point but I notice this info is from 2007. How about now…where is good, undergrad zoology program (primary interest is animal behavior–more along the lines of field research than the vet side, and not really interested in ag animals).</p>
<p>You list your location as Lafayette, yet you don’t know that Purdue is public?</p>
<p>The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom has an exceptionally strong [zoology department](<a href=“http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/”>http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/</a>). Zoology cannot be studied however as a major at the undergraduate level. You would have to enroll instead as a Biological Sciences student.</p>
<p>Washington State University, not to be confused with the University of Washington. Not really ranked as a “top school” but they are known for their zoology program, as well as their vet program.</p>
<p>I am looking to major in zoology with the emphasis in animal behavior(more research side) as well. I either want to work in a zoo, write papers, or work in a rehab center.</p>
<p>I think I’ve heard that NC State has a good zoology program.</p>