2023 Most Popular Colleges for Animal Science in Nebraska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Animal Science is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 8,294 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, animal science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,680 and had an average of $21,798 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nebraska, there were 128 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,644 and $21,196 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. To top this list, a school must have a successful animal science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska animal science students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Animal Science in Nebraska

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 overall quality in Nebraska

$44,380 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,837 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Nebraska. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 118 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Animal Science Report

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Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Nebraska

$34,151 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,808 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeast Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Norfolk, Nebraska. It awarded 10 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Animal Science at Northeast Community College

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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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.