2022 Best Value Colleges for Animal Science in New Mexico (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Animal Science Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 New Mexico, there were 72 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,900 and $13,393 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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 in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Animal Science in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$34,757 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 57 ’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Science Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for new mexico animal science students with aid.

Read full report on Animal Science at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2

Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Portales, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$9,516 Average Net Price

$34,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Portales, New Mexico that handed out 12 ’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Animal Science Schools in New Mexico” ranking. It costs about $9,516 for New Mexico Animal Science students with aid per year to attend ENMU - Main Campus.

Read more about Animal Science at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

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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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