2024 Best Animal Sciences, General Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a doctor's degree in animal sciences, general is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #120 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for animal sciences, general students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in animal sciences, general during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Animal Sciences, General School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of animal sciences, general for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality animal science program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to animal sciences, general students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other animal sciences, general students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized animal sciences, general related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for animal sciences, general students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Animal Sciences, General Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Animal Sciences, General in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in animal sciences, general.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Animal Science

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in animal sciences, general. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a doctorate in animal sciences, general from Cornell University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in animal sciences, general has to check out University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in animal sciences, general from University of Maryland - College Park

3

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Delaware is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in animal sciences, general. UD is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Newark.More information about a doctorate in animal sciences, general from University of Delaware

4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in animal sciences, general. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in animal sciences, general from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Animal Sciences, General Colleges by State

Explore the best animal sciences, general colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	7
Pennsylvania	311	2
Maryland	190	1
New Jersey	165	0
Delaware	63	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Animal Science

One of 7 majors within the Animal Science area of study, Animal Sciences, General has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn. More about our data sources and methodologies.