2021 Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in animal science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal science programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal science program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The animal science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the animal science programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional animal science students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,683 part time students in attendance at UW - Madison.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Michigan State University. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Michigan State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. 6,517 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UW - River Falls is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of River Falls. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW - River Falls has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 3,612 students take at least one class online at UW - River Falls. About 934 of the students at UW - River Falls are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. 7,612 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best animal science schools for non-traditional students. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus. Ohio State also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
The University of Findlay earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the distant town of Findlay, Findlay is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Findlay also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 1,345 students take at least one class online at Findlay. There are roughly 2,034 part time students in attendance at Findlay.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 2.4% of SIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,640 students take at least one class online at SIUC. 2,629 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - Platteville earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Platteville. UW - Platteville also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 1.1% of UW - Platteville students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 1,377 students at UW - Platteville that take at least one class online. 1,256 students are part time.
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 the rest 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).
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