2023 Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

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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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 472 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in animal sciences, general. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in animal sciences, general.

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Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree animal science students.

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

#6 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 10 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

2

University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

#16 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wyoming is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 9 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW Animal Sciences, General Report

3

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#13 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s animal science degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 more about Animal Sciences, General at Utah State University

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#21 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #4 spot on the list. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 6 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

• Most Popular Master’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.