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2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
432 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,086 people earned their degree in animal science, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, animal science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,818 and had an average of $20,002 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 569 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,350 and $20,635 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 432 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 100 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $7,484 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cornell.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 full report on Animal Science at Cornell University

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maryland - College Park is $8,054 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Animal Science Report

#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Delaware is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 19 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $11,487 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Delaware.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Animal Science at University of Delaware

#4

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleskill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 97 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Cobleskill also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cobleskill is $12,984 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Animal Science at SUNY Cobleskill

#5

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #5 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers New Brunswick is $13,545 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree animal science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Science at Rutgers New Brunswick

#6

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Delaware Valley University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Delaware Valley University is a small school located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania that handed out 68 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

DelVal also took the #4 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Delaware Valley University is $22,193 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Animal Science at DelVal

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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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