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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Animal Sciences, General is the 106th most popular major in the country with 7,647 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,054 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 936 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal sciences, general. That schools that top this list have a program in animal sciences, general in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region. University of Minnesota - Crookston is a small school located in Crookston, Minnesota that handed out 19 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 225 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 92 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Animal Sciences, General at South Dakota State University
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #4 spot on the list. Point Lookout, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 200 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Dordt University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 9 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 95 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Animal Sciences, General Report
With a ranking of #8, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Animal Sciences, General Report
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 82 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 53 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Northwest Missouri State University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Maryville, Missouri. It awarded 13 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
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