2023 Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s

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 “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Tennessee 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.

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

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

Top 2 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 111 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Animal Sciences, General Report

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Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

#12 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s 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.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at Middle Tennessee State University

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Southeast Region
• 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

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