2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in Alabama” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Alabama, there were 168 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,100 and $28,248 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree animal science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 2 doctorate’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Auburn Animal Science Report

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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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