2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Physiology in the Plains States Region

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Animal Physiology is the 871st most popular major in the country with 153 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 9 animal physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 animal physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Physiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in animal physiology. That schools that top this list have a program in animal physiology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Physiology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Physiology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Physiology in the Plains States Region

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Physiology Major in the Plains States Region. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s animal physiology degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Physiology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Physiology Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 0 doctorate’s animal physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Duluth Animal Physiology Report

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Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Animal Physiology Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 1 doctorate’s animal physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Animal Physiology at Iowa State

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Physiology

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.