2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science (Income $0-$30k)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 255 people earned their degree in dairy science, making the major the 773rd most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dairy science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dairy science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dairy science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The dairy science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree dairy science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 3 doctorate’s dairy science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dairy Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW - Madison Dairy Science Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dairy science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Dairy Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dairy Science at South Dakota State University

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.

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