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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,228 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,730 and $19,990 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a 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 veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the animal science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying animal science.

Top 5 Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 11 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

Ohio State also made our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s animal science degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Veteran Student Life Report

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s animal science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Purdue offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s animal science students in 2020-2021.

UIUC also made our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5.Among the 52,679 students enrolled at UIUC, 10 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal Science for a Master’s list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Animal Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Michigan State Veteran Student Life Report

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