2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 7,374 people earned their degree in animal sciences, general, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 37 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

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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The animal science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts”.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree animal science students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$22,501 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Animal Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,501 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students per year to attend UMass Amherst.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UMass Amherst Animal Sciences, General Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.

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