2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production in Iowa

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Iowa, 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 $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal/livestock husbandry and production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal/livestock husbandry and production programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production in Iowa

#1

Northeast Iowa Community College

Calmar, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,505 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Iowa Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa list. NICC is located in Calmar, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s animal/livestock husbandry and production degrees to qualified students.

NICC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Iowa Community College is $10,505 for Iowa Associate Degree Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production students.

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#2

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,495 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawkeye Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production Schools for an Associate in Iowa. Hawkeye Community College is located in Waterloo, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s animal/livestock husbandry and production degrees to qualified students.

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 Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hawkeye Community College is $11,495 for Iowa Associate Degree Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production students.

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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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