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2023 Most Popular Animal Science Schools in the Plains States Region

7 Colleges
$35,290 Avg Salary
$20,665 Avg Student Debt

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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Animal Science Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Animal Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Animal Science Colleges.

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the most popular school for animal science students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for animal science students. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

Full Animal Science at South Dakota State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Animal Science Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Animal Science at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

The excellent programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best animal science schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best animal science schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Read full report on Animal Science at University of Missouri - Columbia

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular animal science programs. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Animal Science at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for animal science students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

Full Animal Science at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

Best Animal Science Colleges by State

Explore the best animal science schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 12
Minnesota 8
Iowa 15
Kansas 26
Nebraska 23
North Dakota 5
South Dakota 26

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences 912
Food Science Technology 692
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
General Agriculture 353
Agricultural Public Services 179

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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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