2023 Most Popular Colleges for Dairy Science in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 216 people earned their degree in dairy science, making the major the 817th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 109 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dairy science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in dairy science.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region dairy science students.

Top 5 Most Popular Colleges for Dairy Science in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, Wisconsin

$42,815 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,449 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in River Falls, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified ’s dairy science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dairy Science at University of Wisconsin - River Falls

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

$50,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,543 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 29 ’s dairy science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Dairy Science at UW - Madison

3

University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, Wisconsin

$50,080 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,963 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a medium-sized school located in Platteville, Wisconsin that handed out 9 ’s dairy science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dairy Science at UW - Platteville

4

Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, Wisconsin

$33,732 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,720 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northcentral Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Wausau, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s dairy science degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.

Full Northcentral Technical College Dairy Science Report

5

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, Ohio

$28,933 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,600 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Dairy Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is located in Wooster, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s dairy science degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dairy Science at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.