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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Animal Science is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 8,178 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,100 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,730 and $18,718 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in animal science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in animal science.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 34 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, 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 full report on Animal Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s animal science degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 8 masters’s animal science degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Animal Science at Purdue

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full SIUC Animal Science Report

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s animal science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Michigan State University Animal Science Report

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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 4 masters’s animal science degrees in 2021-2022.

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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW - Madison Animal Science Report

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