2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in Tennessee

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

Across Tennessee, there were 160 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Tennessee” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal sciences, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animal sciences, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Tennessee”.

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

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 111 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, 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 89%.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at UT Knoxville

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Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

#12 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Animal Sciences, General Report

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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

• *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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