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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Animal Science in Illinois

4 Ranked Colleges
248 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Illinois, there were 248 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,855 and $19,450 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in animal science.

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Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois animal science students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 187 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified ’s animal science students in 2020-2021.

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Kaskaskia College
Centralia, Illinois

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Kaskaskia College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Centralia, Illinois, and it awarded 11 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, John Wood Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Quincy, Illinois, and it awarded 5 ’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

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