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CIP PROGRAM: 26.0708
Animal Behavior and Ethology.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological and neurological bases of animal sensation, perception, cognition, behavior, and behavioral interactions within and outside the species. Includes instruction in ethology, behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology, behavioral evolution, cognition and sensory perception, motivators, learning and instinct, hormonal controls, reproductive and developmental biology, community ecology, functional behavior, and applications to specific behaviors and patterns as well as to specific phyla and species.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
Change - +39.22% -31.11%

Related CIPs

26 BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
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26.0701 Zoology/Animal Biology.
26.0702 Entomology.
26.0707 Animal Physiology.
26.0708 Animal Behavior and Ethology.
26.0709 Wildlife Biology.
26.0799 Zoology/Animal Biology, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Animal Behavior and Ethology.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Bucknell University10 +15.38%
Canisius University30 -10.64%
Carroll University34 +22.22%
Eckerd College62 -
Franklin and Marshall College10 +44.44%
Hampshire College3 -
Indiana University-Bloomington38 +22.58%
University of New England20 -37.50%
Utica University6 -