2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 35 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dairy science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dairy science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dairy science degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dairy Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. 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

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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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