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2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$18,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Southwest region, there were 1,221 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,670 and $19,918 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal science programs, but they also 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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Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree animal science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 13 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

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#2

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Angelo State University is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Angelo State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Angelo State University are $14,396, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 14 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 32 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. This fairly large school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013.

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#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #9 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 masters’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #5 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #8. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Tarleton State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Vallue Animal Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree animal science students whose families make more than $110k list, Tarleton has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton are $15,485.

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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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