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2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
330 Degrees Awarded
$14,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 439 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 330 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in animal sciences, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal sciences, general programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal sciences, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. BYU - I is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 45 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU - I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $7,167 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students with aid per year to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

UW also made our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for UW is $12,159 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $18,668 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,132 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students with aid per year to attend U of I.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Utah State University is $13,634 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree animal science students with aid.

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#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#5 in overall quality

Montana State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $19,202 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree animal science students with aid per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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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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