2022 Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 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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Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dairy science degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dairy Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dairy Science at South Dakota State University

#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 Master’s. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s dairy science degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Dairy Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. 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.

Full UW - Madison Dairy Science Report

#3

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#3 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #3 spot on the list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a public institution located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also made our “Best Dairy Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009.

Read more about Dairy Science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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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