2022 Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dairy science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dairy science 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 dairy science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Dairy Science Schools

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 Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate. 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.

South Dakota State also took 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dairy Science at South Dakota State

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dairy science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dairy Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Dairy Science at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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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