by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 190 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,647 and $26,250 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in animal science. That schools that top this list have a program in animal science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania list. DelVal is a private not-for-profit institution located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 65 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harcum College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania. Harcum College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilson College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania. Wilson College is a small school located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Science Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #4 spot on the list. Drexel University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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