2025 Best Animal Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in animal science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #64 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of animal science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 157 bachelor's degrees in animal science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on animal science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other animal science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt animal science students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized animal science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for animal science students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Animal Science Schools

The animal science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Animal Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Animal Science in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in animal science.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Bachelor's in Animal Science

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

48 Annual Graduates

$27,144 Median Starting Salary

$71,670 Median Student Debt

University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in animal science. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduation, animal science bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $27,144 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in animal science from University of Kentucky

2

Murray State University
Murray, KY

109 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in animal science has to check out Murray State University. Murray State is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Murray.More information about a bachelor’s in animal science from Murray State University

Best Animal Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Animal Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	144
Georgia	224	125
Tennessee	220	151
North Carolina	213	277
Virginia	213	172
South Carolina	195	125
Alabama	184	194
Louisiana	171	112
Mississippi	169	93
Arkansas	167	105
West Virginia	147	105

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Rankings in Majors Related to Animal Science

One of 18 majors within the Agriculture & Agriculture Operations area of study, Animal Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Animal Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Animal Health	82
Animal Sciences, General	75

Majors Similar to Animal Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Agriculture	188
Agricultural Production	87
General Agriculture	83
Animal Services	46
Agricultural Public Services	44
Agricultural Economics & Business	42
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	14
Plant Sciences	11
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	11
Food Science Technology	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn. More about our data sources and methodologies.