Bachelor's degree · Agriculture · CIP 01.09
Animal Sciences: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 101 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Animal Sciences, together awarding 7,135 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $37,494 one year after finishing and $56,460 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
101
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
7,135
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$37,494
74 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$56,460
76 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$20,500
80 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Animal Sciences
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 324 | $37,118 | $61,736 | $13,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 316 | $40,587 | $61,547 | $17,860 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 245 | $37,862 | $57,232 | $20,847 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 231 | $44,561 | $57,629 | $21,500 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 226 | $35,823 | $60,326 | $16,750 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 218 | $38,582 | $56,803 | $19,500 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 207 | $40,627 | $58,903 | $15,000 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan · Public | KS | 171 | $42,495 | $55,870 | $19,500 |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls · Public | WI | 166 | $40,429 | $55,983 | $20,500 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 160 | $39,083 | $59,757 | $13,006 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 159 | $34,859 | $59,585 | $20,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 146 | $43,099 | $61,452 | $19,500 |
| Tarleton State University Stephenville · Public | TX | 139 | $35,348 | $49,624 | $21,500 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 139 | $32,651 | $56,316 | $15,189 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 133 | $38,523 | $58,676 | $21,500 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 133 | $40,145 | $58,684 | $21,333 |
| Unity Environmental University New Gloucester · Private nonprofit | ME | 130 | n/a | n/a | $26,437 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 114 | $34,396 | $58,115 | $15,645 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 112 | $33,160 | $58,171 | $20,094 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 109 | $32,720 | $58,516 | $16,750 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 108 | $38,061 | $57,777 | $12,500 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 104 | $36,228 | $57,244 | $19,500 |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville · Public | TX | 103 | $36,599 | $53,550 | $20,500 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 103 | $33,202 | $61,778 | $19,879 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 102 | $35,740 | $61,111 | $26,000 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 99 | $33,612 | $69,107 | $18,593 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez · Public | PR | 98 | $18,170 | $42,501 | $11,000 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 94 | $35,967 | $74,560 | $20,107 |
| South Dakota State University Brookings · Public | SD | 90 | $47,175 | $59,707 | $20,500 |
| Murray State University Murray · Public | KY | 88 | n/a | n/a | $23,500 |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 87 | $37,882 | $51,334 | $20,000 |
| University of Vermont Burlington · Public | VT | 84 | $38,741 | $57,469 | $20,500 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln · Public | NE | 83 | $44,305 | $52,951 | $20,890 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 81 | $40,023 | $59,049 | $21,500 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 80 | $40,423 | $59,163 | $22,500 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 80 | $41,907 | $57,898 | $20,990 |
| California State University-Chico Chico · Public | CA | 79 | $40,373 | $54,730 | $16,000 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 76 | $39,300 | $55,022 | $22,750 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 74 | $42,284 | $60,025 | $22,375 |
| Delaware Valley University Doylestown · Private nonprofit | PA | 73 | $42,612 | $54,836 | $26,750 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 71 | $32,035 | $45,359 | $22,545 |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston · Public | RI | 69 | $37,733 | $51,112 | $22,764 |
| Cornell University Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 68 | $38,582 | $66,003 | $11,573 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · Public | NM | 64 | $32,943 | $39,748 | $15,101 |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill · Public | NY | 64 | $41,167 | $52,857 | $19,500 |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville · Public | AR | 64 | $32,226 | $64,390 | $19,196 |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro · Public | NC | 63 | $33,727 | $51,338 | $27,000 |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville · Public | TX | 58 | $28,726 | $44,285 | $22,927 |
| University of Idaho Moscow · Public | ID | 58 | $36,288 | $53,207 | $22,500 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 57 | $37,434 | $43,495 | $22,000 |
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Quick facts: Animal Sciences
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Animal Sciences?
- The College Scorecard lists 101 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Animal Sciences.
- How much do Animal Sciences graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $37,494 one year after graduation (74 institutions reporting) and $56,460 five years after graduation (76 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Animal Sciences graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Auburn University ($74,560), University of Georgia ($71,367), Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ($69,107), Cornell University ($66,003), and University of Wisconsin-Madison ($65,273).
- How much student debt do Animal Sciences graduates have?
- The median institution's Animal Sciences graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans (80 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Animal Sciences degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Davis (324), Texas A&M University-College Station (316), Texas Tech University (245), Iowa State University (231), and Oklahoma State University-Main Campus (226).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Animal Sciences (CIP code 01.09), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.