2021 Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in animal science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the animal science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying animal science.
Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Texas A&M University - College Station tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional animal science students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population. Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region rankings.
About 0.6% of Texas A&M College Station students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 24,343 students take at least one class online at Texas A&M College Station. 9,943 students are part time.
Texas Tech University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock. Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. 7,077 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Oklahoma State University - Main Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater. OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 10,181 students at OSU that take at least one class online. 5,006 of OSU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Sam Houston State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville. SHSU also made our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.
About 1.2% of SHSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,795 students at SHSU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 6,353 part time students in attendance at SHSU.
Tarleton State University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best animal science schools for non-traditional students. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Tarleton is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. 6,360 of Tarleton students are exclusively distance learners. 4,832 students are part time.
University of Arizona comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population. University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. There are roughly 12,642 part time students in attendance at University of Arizona.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population. NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #6.
About 3.9% of NMSU Main Campus students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,734 students take at least one class online at NMSU Main Campus. 3,478 of NMSU Main Campus students are attending part time.
Angelo State University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Angelo State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Angelo. Angelo State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region list.
About 3.1% of Angelo State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,337 students at Angelo State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,926 part time students in attendance at Angelo State.
Texas State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 21,921 students take at least one class online at Texas State. 8,642 students are part time.
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).
