by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Animal Science is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 8,294 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, animal science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,680 and had an average of $21,798 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,895 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,744 and $22,781 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in animal science.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree animal science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s animal science degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, James Sprunt Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. James Sprunt Community College is located in Kenansville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Wayne Community College is a small school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina that handed out 3 associates’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Scooba, Mississippi, and it awarded 1 associates’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hinds Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Hinds Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Raymond, Mississippi. It awarded 2 associates’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
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