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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for animal science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 138 degrees in animal science to qualified students.
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 Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Every student pursuing a degree in animal science has to take a look at University of Arkansas. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population.
Animal Science degree recipients from University of Arkansas receive an earnings boost of around $2,254 over the typical income of animal science graduates.
It is hard to beat Arkansas State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in animal science. A-State is a large public university located in the small city of Jonesboro.
Soon after graduation, animal science degree recipients typically earn around $25,733 in the first five 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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