2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 8,178 people earned their degree in animal science, making the major the 92nd most popular in the United States. In , animal science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,701 and had an average of $19,892 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,189 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,290 and $20,212 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in animal science. That schools that top this list have a program in animal science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 7 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 6 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region list. K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s animal science degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s animal science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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