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2023 Best Value Animal Science Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,238 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,153 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Animal Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 160 degrees and certificates were awarded to animal science students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #78 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Animal Science Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value programs for animal science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Animal Science

$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Middle Tennessee State University the best value school in Tennessee for animal science students. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that animal science majors at Middle Tennessee State University take out is $24,750.

Read full report on Animal Science at Middle Tennessee State University

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best animal science schools in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Knoxville are $13,244 a year. While working on their degree, animal science majors at UT Knoxville accumulate an average of around $23,250 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $367.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Animal Science Schools in Tennessee list.

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Best Value Animal Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 154
Virginia 189
North Carolina 309
Florida 193
Kentucky 63
South Carolina 125
Louisiana 114
Arkansas 125
Alabama 226
Mississippi 96
West Virginia 116

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

Majors Similar 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 2 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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