2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 1,114 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,850 and $20,149 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Northeast is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

Northeast also took the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northeast is $8,749 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Animal Science students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Science (With Aid)

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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