2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animal Sciences, General is the 106th most popular major in the country with 7,374 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 215 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal sciences, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal sciences, general programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal sciences, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree animal science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified masters’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at UIUC

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Animal Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General (Income $75-$110k)

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.

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