2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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 the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 1,221 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,670 and $19,918 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,069 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in animal science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Angelo State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Angelo State University is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 34 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Angelo State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Angelo State University is $13,819 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 110 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Tarleton also took the #6 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 217 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 108 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal science students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students list, SHSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students per year to attend SHSU.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 131 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students per year to attend Texas Tech.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Oklahoma Panhandle State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Goodwell, Oklahoma, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OPSU, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OPSU is $10,537 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Read more about Animal Science at Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Texas State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students per year to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville.
With a ranking of #9, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.
ENMU - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
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Stephen F Austin State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.
SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Read more about Animal Science at Stephen F Austin State University
New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
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Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s animal science degrees to 207 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree animal science students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Animal Science at Texas A&M University - College Station
University of Arizona landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
University of Arizona also made our “Best Animal Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Science students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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