2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Animal Science in Illinois

Animal Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #65 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for animal science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 163 bachelor's degrees in animal science to qualified students.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Animal Science in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in animal science.

Most Well Attended Schools for Animal Science Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

128 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a popular decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in animal science. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in animal science in Illinois.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the animal science program report average early career earnings of $25,200.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

35 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a popular decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in animal science. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in animal science in Illinois.

Those animal science students who get their bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale make $3,200 more than the average animal science graduate.

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Best Animal Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Animal Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	255	115
Ohio	246	203
Indiana	227	152
Wisconsin	209	286

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Animal Science Related Rankings by Major

Animal Science is one of 16 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Animal Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Animal Sciences, General	163

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Agriculture	312
Agricultural Economics & Business	254
Food Science Technology	99
Plant Sciences	37
Agricultural Public Services	23
Soil Sciences	22
Horticulture	16

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn. More about our data sources and methodologies.