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Best Value Animal Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Animal Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,384 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Animal Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 136 degrees and certificates were awarded to animal science students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Animal Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Animal Science Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for animal science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $9,384 per year.

South Dakota State also took the #4 spot in our Best Animal Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota rankings.

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Best Value Animal Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Animal Science Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 172
Minnesota 131
Kansas 251
Iowa 235
Nebraska 128
North Dakota 40

Animal Science is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

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 values are for the top school 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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