Dairy Science at Iowa State University

Every dairy science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dairy science program at Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dairy Science section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Dairy Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dairy Science

Iowa State Dairy Science Rankings

Dairy Science Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dairy science majors at Iowa State University.

Related Majors

• Agricultural Animal Breeding
• Livestock Management
• Animal Sciences, General

Careers That Dairy Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in dairy science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Agricultural Sciences Professors	280	$90,570
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	230	$58,040
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	140	$82,070
Animal Scientists	110	$74,830

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.