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2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Poultry Science is the 850th most popular major in the country with 162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in poultry science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality poultry science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the poultry science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree poultry science students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 1 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison is $17,708 for bachelor’s degree poultry science students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Poultry Science at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s poultry science degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for bachelor’s degree poultry science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Poultry Science at North Carolina State University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,057 for bachelor’s degree poultry science students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Poultry Science at Texas A&M College Station

#4

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $13,649 for Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Georgia Poultry Science Report

#5

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree poultry science students with aid list, Mississippi State has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students with aid per year to attend Mississippi State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mississippi State University Poultry Science Report

#6

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

Auburn University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,104 for Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students with aid per year to attend Auburn.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Poultry Science at Auburn

#8 in overall quality

Stephen F Austin State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SFASU is $13,723 for Bachelor’s Degree Poultry Science students with aid.

Full SFASU Poultry Science Report

#8

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#7 in overall quality

University of Arkansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $16,381 for bachelor’s degree poultry science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UARK Poultry Science Report

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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