2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in Illinois

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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 Illinois, there were 235 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 189 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animal sciences, general. To top this list, a school must have a successful animal sciences, general program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in Illinois

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

#3 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 159 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal science students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UIUC Animal Sciences, General Report

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at SIUC

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• Most Popular 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

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