2023 Most Well Attended Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Poultry Science is the 798th most popular major in the country with 214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 135 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 poultry science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in poultry science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular poultry science programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree poultry science students.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science in the Southeast Region

1

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#10 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 5 doctorate’s poultry science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Poultry Science at UGA

2

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s poultry science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Poultry Science at University of Arkansas

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Poultry Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 doctorate’s 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.

Read more about Poultry Science at Mississippi State University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Poultry Science

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.