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2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
330 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 441 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,900 and $18,455 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 330 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho is $9,850 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 full report on Animal Science at BYU - I

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UW is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 50 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UW is $14,958 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Animal Science at University of Wyoming

#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend U of I is $17,509 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 80 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $24,440 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Animal Science at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 52 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Utah State University is $16,895 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Animal Science at USU

#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

Montana State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend MSU Bozeman is $21,587 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Animal Science at MSU Bozeman

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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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