2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 162 people earned their degree in poultry science, making the major the 850th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in poultry science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great poultry science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the poultry science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Master’s.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Master’s list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 7 masters’s poultry science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree poultry science students list, UGA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Poultry Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Poultry Science at UGA

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Poultry Science Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s poultry science degrees to qualified students.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Poultry Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Poultry Science at NC State

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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

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