<p>I’m looking to major in Biology or Zoology or some sort of concentration such as Wildlife Biology, along with a minor in Chemistry. Right now, the schools on my list are: UMass Amherst, UMaine, UNH, URI, Brown, Tufts, and Harvard.</p>
<p>I’m looking for some schools that are in the middle of state schools and the Ivy League. So far, all the private schools I’ve looked at only offer B.A. degrees in Biology, and I definitely want a B.S. degree.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any schools in New England that fit this criteria? Especially any that offer merit-based financial aid?</p>
<p>Why does the “of Arts” versus “of Science” matter?</p>
<p>MIT grants Bachelor of Science degrees, even for humanities and social studies majors.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that it’s definitely better to have a B.S. degree, that it’s more professional and more likely to get you a job/into a grad school, etc. </p>
<p>MIT is a good suggestion, but they don’t have any concentrations dealing with zoology, which I’m looking for.</p>
<p>I have a friend’s daughter studying at University of New England for a BS in Bio, animal science. Connecticut College and Providence College also offer BS in Bio, Chem.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions - I will check them out!</p>
<p>Your search is based on a false belief that there necessarily is a difference between a BA and a BS. It really depends on the particular school and department. See my post in this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1047866-bachelor-science-arts.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1047866-bachelor-science-arts.html</a></p>
<p>BTW, while zoology is one of the traditional names of departments that deal with animal biology, it is less common now. Most schools that still have departments named “zoology” are likely to be found at public universities, not private university. Nowadays, if a school’s biology program is big enough to divide into separate departments representing various subspecialties, “ecology & evolutionary biology” or organismic & evolutionary biology" are the most common titles for a department that covers what used to be found in a zoology dept.</p>
<p>Wildlife biology, focused on wildlife conservation & management, is not very common at private universities. Usually, this field is found primarily in public universities with colleges of agriculture or agriculture & natural resources. I believe some New England public universities situate this field in a natural sciences division that includes the other sciences.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to consider schools outside New England, in the Midwest there isn’t the fixation on private universities vs. “state” schools. There are very strong public universities, better than those in the NE, with strong programs in zoology, wildlife biology. Some of them will be less expensive, too. For example, check out U Minnesota: [ECOLOGY</a>, EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR | College of Biological Sciences](<a href=“http://www.cbs.umn.edu/eeb]ECOLOGY”>Ecology, Evolution and Behavior | College of Biological Sciences), [Department</a> of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology : College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences : University of Minnesota](<a href=“http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/]Department”>http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/) or U Wisconsin. [Department</a> of Zoology - University of Wisconsin - Madison](<a href=“Department of Integrative Biology – College of Letters & Science – UW–Madison”>http://www.zoology.wisc.edu/) [Home</a> | Forest and Wildlife Ecology](<a href=“http://forest.wisc.edu/]Home”>http://forest.wisc.edu/)</p>
<p>In the Northeast, check out Cornell [Department</a> of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology](<a href=“http://ecologyandevolution.cornell.edu/]Department”>http://ecologyandevolution.cornell.edu/) or SUNY-Syracuse [SUNY-ESF</a>, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry](<a href=“http://www.esf.edu/]SUNY-ESF”>http://www.esf.edu/)
In the South, check out Georgia [University</a> of Georgia: School of Ecology](<a href=“http://www.ecology.uga.edu/]University”>http://www.ecology.uga.edu/)
In the West, check out U Washington [Degrees</a> | Biology](<a href=“http://www.biology.washington.edu/Academics/Undergraduate/Degrees]Degrees”>http://www.biology.washington.edu/Academics/Undergraduate/Degrees) or Montana [Wildlife</a> Biology - College of Forestry and Conservation - The University Of Montana](<a href=“http://www.cfc.umt.edu/wbio/]Wildlife”>Come Get Wild)</p>
<p>There are many others, too.</p>