2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 South Dakota, there were 124 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,700 and $22,394 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the animal science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743.

Read more about Animal Science at South Dakota State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• 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.

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