2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Animal Science is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,086 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 New England region, there were 349 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,180 and $19,210 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree animal science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s animal science degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Animal Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Vermont are $33,326.

Read more about Animal Science at University of Vermont

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Animal Science at University of Connecticut

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

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

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