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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animal Science is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,086 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,164 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,690 and $18,775 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Animal Science at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Animal Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 26 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree animal science students whose families make $48-$75k list, UIUC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Animal Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree animal science students whose families make $48-$75k list, Michigan State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

Full Michigan State Animal Science Report

Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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