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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” 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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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 the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate”.

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

1

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s animal science students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at Texas Tech University

2

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

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Animal Sciences, General Report

3

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 #3 for the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 2 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at NMSU Main Campus

4

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. 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.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at University of Arizona

• Most Popular 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

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