2025 Best Animal Science Schools in North Carolina
3Colleges in North Carolina
367Animal Science Degrees Awarded
$34,874Avg Early-Career Salary
Animal Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #92 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Animal Science Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 367 degrees in animal science to qualified students.
Your choice of animal science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for animal science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the animal science degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat North Carolina State University if you want to pursue a degree in animal science. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were about 276 animal science students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the animal science program make around $33,332 for their early career.
North Carolina A & T State University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in animal science. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 51st out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 83 animal science students who graduated with this degree at NC A&T in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the animal science program earn an average of $35,686 in their early career salary.
Any student pursuing a degree in animal science has to look into University of Mount Olive. UMO is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Mount Olive. This university ranks 46th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 5 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UMO in the most recent data year.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for animal science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
