2024 Best Pre-Veterinary Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
46Pre-Veterinary Studies Degrees Awarded
A degree in pre-veterinary studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #566 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for pre-veterinary studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 degrees in pre-veterinary studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of pre-veterinary studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pre-Veterinary Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pre-Veterinary Studies Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Pre-Veterinary Studies in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of pre-veterinary studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Pre-Veterinary Studies
Any student pursuing a degree in pre-veterinary studies has to take a look at Kansas State University. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 20 pre-veterinary studies students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you want to pursue a degree in pre-veterinary studies. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #138 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 7 pre-veterinary studies students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
Northwest Missouri State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in pre-veterinary studies. Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 19th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 10 pre-veterinary studies students who graduated with this degree at Northwest in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).