2023 Best Value Animal Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Animal Science Doctor's Degree School for You
Animal Science is the #94 most popular major in the country with 8,294 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Animal Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for animal science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Animal Science
Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for animal science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for animal science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value animal science schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.
OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, OSU also did well on our Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 per year.
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Request InformationBest Animal Science Colleges by State
Explore the best animal science schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,003 |
| Arizona | 31 |
| Oklahoma | 251 |
| New Mexico | 94 |
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Majors Related to Animal Science
Animal Science is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Animal Science
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | 8,646 |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 8,098 |
| General Agriculture | 3,370 |
| Horticulture | 3,234 |
| Plant Sciences | 3,175 |
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.