2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 7,647 people earned their degree in animal sciences, general, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,022 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Far Western US Region” 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree animal science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Far Western US Region

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Far Western US Region. Washington State University is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at Washington State University

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 86 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s animal science students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Oregon State Animal Sciences, General Report

• Most Focused Doctor’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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