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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science

2 Ranked Colleges
248 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 8,294 people earned their degree in animal science, making the major the 92nd most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 248 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,855 and $19,450 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the animal science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science”.

Top 2 Best Animal Science Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 187 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

UIUC also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, UIUC supports 52,679 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UIUC Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal Science list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 ’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 11,366 students enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Veteran Student Life Report

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