2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science (Income $48-$75k)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 255 people earned their degree in dairy science, making the major the 773rd most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dairy science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dairy science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dairy science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree dairy science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science (Income $48-$75k)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s dairy science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree dairy science students whose families make $48-$75k list, UW - Madison has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Dairy Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Full UW - Madison Dairy Science Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s dairy science degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Dairy Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dairy Science at South Dakota State

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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.

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