2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” 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 New England region, there were 349 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,180 and $19,210 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 a Doctorate in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMass Amherst Animal Science Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s animal science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Vermont are $33,326.

Read more about Animal Science at UVM

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Animal Science at UCONN

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science

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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