2021 Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
6Colleges
328Bachelor's Degrees
$23,941Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in animal science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal science programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal science program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Animal Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Animal Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Colorado State University - Fort Collins has taken the #1 spot in this year's animal science ranking for non-traditional students. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. About 9,631 of the students at Colorado State are attending part time.
University of Wyoming comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UW students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,894 students take at least one class online at UW. 2,493 students are part time.
Utah State University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best animal science schools for non-traditional students. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan. USU also made our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.
About 0.8% of USU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. About 9,734 of the students at USU are attending part time.
Brigham Young University - Idaho earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg. As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU - I, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at BYU - I is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. 23,058 students at BYU - I are exclusively online. 26,387 of BYU - I students are attending part time.
University of Idaho earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population. U of I also made our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
About 1.2% of U of I students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,845 students at U of I that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,189 part time students in attendance at U of I.
Our rankings recognize Montana State University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Animal Science in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at MSU Bozeman is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,510 students at MSU Bozeman that take at least one class online. 3,804 of MSU Bozeman students are attending 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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