2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animal Sciences, General is the 106th most popular major in the country with 7,374 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 439 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal sciences, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal sciences, general 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 animal sciences, general program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree animal science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Brigham Young University - Idaho

Rexburg, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$7,167 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

BYU - I also made our “Best Animal Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,167 for rocky mountains region associate degree animal science students with aid per year to attend BYU - I.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at BYU - I

#2

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Western Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s animal science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Animal Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for College of Western Idaho is $6,711 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Animal Science students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General (With Aid)

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.

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