2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in Illinois

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In 2020-2021, 8,294 people earned their degree in animal science, making the major the 92nd most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 248 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,855 and $19,450 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in animal science.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Illinois

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in Illinois

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

#3 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Illinois list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read full report on Animal Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Illinois list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SIUC Animal Science Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region
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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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