2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,284 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Southwest Region

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at Texas A&M University - College Station

4

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 27 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Arizona 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

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