2025 Best Animal Science Schools in the New England Region
6Colleges in the New England Region
351Animal Science Degrees Awarded
$34,874Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in animal science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #92 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for animal science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 351 degrees in animal science annually.
Your choice of animal science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Animal Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Animal Science Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Animal Science in the New England Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the animal science degree levels they offer.
University of Connecticut is a great choice for students interested in a degree in animal science. UCONN is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 94 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Animal Science degree recipients from University of Connecticut receive an earnings boost of around $2,838 above the typical income of animal science graduates.
Any student pursuing a degree in animal science needs to look into University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the city of Amherst. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were about 26 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available. Animal Science degree recipients from University of Massachusetts Amherst receive an earnings boost of about $5,134 above the typical income of animal science majors.
It's difficult to beat University of Vermont if you want to pursue a degree in animal science. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were about 76 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UVM in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, animal science degree recipients generally earn around $34,467 at the beginning of their careers.
It's hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a degree in animal science. URI is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 75 animal science students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the animal science program report average early career income of $35,520.
Located in the town of Durham, UNH is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNH is a great university overall.
There were approximately 30 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the animal science program make an average of $31,422 in the first couple years of working.
UMaine is a large public university located in the small suburb of Orono. This university ranks 19th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 40 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the animal science degree program at University of Maine make $2,949 more than the standard graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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).
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Your choice of animal science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Animal Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
