2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Illinois, there were 220 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,400 and $20,937 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Read more about Animal Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income Over $110k)

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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