2023 Best Agricultural Animal Breeding Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 10 people earned their degree in agricultural animal breeding, making the major the 1328th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural animal breeding. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural animal breeding programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural animal breeding program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree vets studying agricultural animal breeding.

Top 2 Best Agricultural Animal Breeding Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

5 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Agricultural Animal Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Veteran Student Life Report

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Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

814 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Animal Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State, 814 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Iowa State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Iowa State University Veteran Student Life Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.