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2023 Best Value Animal Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,860 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,941 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Animal Science School for You

Animal Science is the #164 most popular major in the country with 596 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Animal Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for animal science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Animal Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the animal science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Animal Science

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for animal science students. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW are $16,957 a year.

Read full report on Animal Science at University of Wyoming

The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best animal science schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Animal Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Animal Science at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Animal Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Animal Science at Utah State University Report

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best animal science schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

U of I undergraduate students pay an average of $27,576 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Animal Science at University of Idaho Report

Best Animal Science Colleges by State

Explore the best animal science colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 13
Utah 11
Idaho 6
Wyoming 11

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One of 14 majors within the area of study, animal science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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