2024 Best Animal Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
6Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
640Animal Science Degrees Awarded
$30,242Avg 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 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Animal Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 640 degrees in animal science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The animal science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Animal Science rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Animal Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Animal Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
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.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Animal Science
It is difficult to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a degree in animal science. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 108 animal science students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the animal science program make an average of $25,436 for their early career.
University of Maryland - College Park is a great choice for students interested in a degree in animal science. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year. Animal Science degree recipients from University of Maryland - College Park get an earnings boost of about $5,006 above the typical earnings of animal science graduates.
Every student pursuing a degree in animal science has to take a look at University of Delaware. UD is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Newark. This university ranks 1st out of 4 schools for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were about 25 animal science students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in animal science. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #98 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were approximately 102 animal science students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, animal science degree recipients usually make an average of $27,528 in their early careers.
DelVal is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Doylestown. This university ranks 59th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 65 animal science students who graduated with this degree at DelVal in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the animal science program make about $31,543 in their early career salary.
Located in the distant town of Cobleskill, SUNY Cobleskill is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 87th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 112 animal science students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Cobleskill in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the animal science program make around $28,690 in the first couple years of their career.
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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The animal science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Animal Science rankings. 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.
