2027 Best Value Agricultural Animal Breeding Master’s Degree Schools
[Agricultural Animal Breeding](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/animal-science/agricultural-animal-breeding/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find the best return on investment for agricultural animal breeding students.
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2027 Best Value Agricultural Animal Breeding Schools in the United States
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in agricultural animal breeding, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Agricultural Animal Breeding Schools
For return on investment in agricultural animal breeding, no school beat Iowa State University this year. Iowa State University is a very large public school located in the city of Ames. Students from in state pay about $10,787 in tuition and fees, with out-of-state students paying around $28,881. Agricultural Animal Breeding graduates carry a median of $21,500 in student loans. Early-career agricultural animal breeding graduates make about $39,567. Set against $21,500 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Roughly 89% of applicants are accepted.
Texas A And M University College Station came in at #2 on our 2027 list of the best value agricultural animal breeding schools. Texas A And M University College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station. In-state tuition and fees average $12,995, compared with $40,124 for out-of-state students. Agricultural Animal Breeding graduates carry a median of $18,906 in student loans. Early-career agricultural animal breeding graduates make about $61,394. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 57%.
The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Cornell University earned it the #3 place for agricultural animal breeding. Cornell University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $69,314. Students borrow a median of $14,100 to complete the agricultural animal breeding program here. Early-career agricultural animal breeding graduates make about $75,976. That is a strong return on a $14,100 median debt. The acceptance rate is 9%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 3 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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