2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Southeast region, there were 2,037 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,075 and $21,765 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,758 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 20 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. 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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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Top 20 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 195 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 107 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State is $16,173 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal science students in 2019-2020.
A-State also took the #16 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students per year to attend A-State.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 218 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students per year to attend NC State.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.
Louisiana Tech also took the #17 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students per year to attend Louisiana Tech University.
North Carolina A & T State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
NC A&T also took the #14 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students per year to attend North Carolina A & T State University.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 102 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, Virginia Tech did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 190 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Auburn University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 97 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Auburn also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
University of Arkansas landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 91 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
UARK also took the #9 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,381 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students per year to attend University of Arkansas.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
West Virginia University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 106 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia University is $12,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
University of Mount Olive landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Mount Olive is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Olive, North Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
UMO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Mount Olive is $16,437 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
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Fort Valley State University landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Fort Valley State University is a small public school situated in Fort Valley, Georgia. It awarded 4 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students list, Fort Valley State University has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,650 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students per year to attend Fort Valley State University.
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With a ranking of #14, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 85 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal science students in 2019-2020.
Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students per year to attend Louisiana State University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Middle Tennessee State University landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It awarded 66 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Middle Tennessee State University also took the #13 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 113 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Tuskegee University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. Tuskegee, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.
Tuskegee did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tuskegee University is $34,575 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
University of Kentucky came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.
UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Clemson University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 124 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Clemson also took the #6 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students per year to attend Clemson University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Alabama A & M University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Normal, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree animal science students list, AAMU has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for AAMU is $14,990 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
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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%.
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- *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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