2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Louisiana

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animal Sciences, General is the 106th most popular major in the country with 7,647 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Louisiana, there were 114 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal sciences, general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in animal sciences, general.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Louisiana

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

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in Louisiana

1

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

#10 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana Tech University is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

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2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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