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2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
432 Degrees Awarded
$14,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,086 people earned their degree in animal science, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, animal science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,818 and had an average of $20,002 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 569 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,350 and $20,635 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 432 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in animal science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal science programs and 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 science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 100 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $7,518 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Science at Cornell

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 68 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $12,128 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Maryland - College Park.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMCP Animal Science Report

#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UD is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 19 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UD is $12,236 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Science at University of Delaware

#4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #4 spot on the list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #5 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $15,779 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, 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 93%.

Read more about Animal Science at Rutgers New Brunswick

#5

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SUNY Cobleskill is a public institution located in Cobleskill, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 97 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Cobleskill, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $14,937 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

Full SUNY Cobleskill Animal Science Report

#6

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Delaware Valley University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. DelVal is a small school located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania that handed out 68 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

DelVal did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,033 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Delaware Valley University.

Read more about Animal Science at DelVal

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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.

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