2022 Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students 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 “Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,038 people earned their degree in animal/livestock husbandry and production, making the major the 574th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 41 animal/livestock husbandry and production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 animal/livestock husbandry and production graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal/livestock husbandry and production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal/livestock husbandry and production programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal/livestock husbandry and production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Iowa Community College

Calmar, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,505 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Iowa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeast Iowa Community College is a small school located in Calmar, Iowa that handed out 11 associates’s animal/livestock husbandry and production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree animal/livestock husbandry & production students list, NICC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,505 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production students per year to attend Northeast Iowa Community College.

Full NICC Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Report

#2

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,495 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawkeye Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hawkeye Community College is a public institution located in Waterloo, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hawkeye Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hawkeye Community College is $11,495 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production students.

Read more about Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production at Hawkeye Community College

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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