2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in Washington

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 Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 108 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,300 and $24,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$16,358 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 103 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wazzu is $16,358 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Science at Wazzu

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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.

Credits

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

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