2021 Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England 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 New England Region ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in animal science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the animal science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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.
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2021 Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying animal science.
Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Vermont has taken the #1 spot in this year's animal science ranking for non-traditional students. UVM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Burlington. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UVM has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UVM is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,390 students at UVM that take at least one class online. 1,286 of UVM students are attending part time.
University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best animal science schools for non-traditional students. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCONN has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UCONN students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst. UMass Amherst not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at UMass Amherst is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.
Our rankings recognize University of Rhode Island as the #4 school in this year's rankings. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston. As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at URI is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,504 students take at least one class online at URI. There are roughly 2,982 part time students in attendance at URI.
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).
