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Most Popular Schools for General Animal Sciences Major & Degree Program

A general program that focuses on the scientific principles that underlie the breeding and husbandry of agricultural animals, and the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural animal products. Includes instruction in the animal sciences, animal husbandry and production, and agricultural and food products processing.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of California-Davis 273 3% $35,177
2 Iowa State University 237 3% $21,186
3 Kansas State University 234 4% $24,923
4 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 214 4% $24,105
5 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 195 2% $23,977
6 Ohio State University-Main Campus 183 1% $27,367
7 Texas A & M University-College Station 180 1% $29,506
8 University of Florida 170 1% $21,211
9 Purdue University-Main Campus 149 1% $22,822
10 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 149 3% $28,302
11 Michigan State University 147 1% $28,862
12 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 137 2% $26,834
13 University of Missouri-Columbia 134 2% $26,766
14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 133 1% $30,102
15 Texas Tech University 124 2% $24,472
16 Clemson University 120 2% $31,270
17 West Virginia University 112 2% $23,294
18 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 110 1% $27,898
19 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 109 2% $31,510
20 Cornell University 102 2% $73,904
21 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 100 1% $36,652
22 South Dakota State University 99 4% $23,127
23 Auburn University 98 2% $31,590
24 Oregon State University 93 1% $26,892
25 SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill 93 14% $26,107
26 University of Connecticut 89 1% $32,404
27 University of Wisconsin-River Falls 89 7% $17,937
28 Tarleton State University 85 3% $21,795
29 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 84 2% $24,936
30 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 81 5% $6,262
31 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 78 1% $26,231
32 California State University-Fresno 78 1% $21,418
33 University of Kentucky 78 1% $30,101
34 University of Georgia 78 1% $26,688
35 Washington State University 75 1% $27,484
36 Mississippi State University 74 2% $24,957
37 California State University-Chico 74 2% $24,624
38 Sam Houston State University 73 2% $22,478
39 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 73 1% $32,443
40 Utah State University 72 1% $20,504
41 University of Rhode Island 64 2% $30,351
42 University of Vermont 63 2% $34,210
43 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 63 1% $28,891
44 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 62 1% $30,360
45 University of Maryland-College Park 61 1% $27,146
46 University of Arkansas 61 1% $25,500
47 North Dakota State University-Main Campus 58 2% $22,436
48 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 55 1% $29,367
49 Middle Tennessee State University 52 1% $22,964
50 University of Wisconsin-Platteville 52 3% $19,323
51 Tuskegee University 52 10% $39,383
52 Montana State University 51 2% $22,453
53 University of Wyoming 46 2% $19,960
54 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 45 1% $21,380
55 Louisiana Tech University 42 2% $21,267
56 Missouri State University-Springfield 40 1% $21,782
57 University of Idaho 40 2% $21,350
58 North Carolina A & T State University 40 2% $18,136
59 Stephen F Austin State University 39 1% $22,156
60 University of Wisconsin-Madison 39 0% $26,025
61 Ulster County Community College 38 9% $6,540
62 Delaware Valley University 37 8% $56,580
63 Texas A & M University-Kingsville 37 2% $23,285
64 Angelo State University 34 2% $21,046
65 University of Arizona 34 0% $29,217
66 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 32 1% $33,750
67 Texas State University 30 0% $23,130
68 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute 30 13% $23,065
69 University of Maine 29 1% $25,088
70 Texas A & M University-Commerce 28 1% $22,983
71 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 28 0% $30,913
72 Brigham Young University-Idaho 27 0% $12,050
73 The University of Findlay 26 3% $46,920
74 Kaskaskia College 24 2% $5,907
75 Northwest Missouri State University 22 2% $19,751
76 University of Hawaii at Manoa 21 0% $29,858
77 Southeast Missouri State University 18 1% $21,570
78 University of Delaware 18 0% $29,342
79 University of Minnesota-Crookston 17 4% $23,560
80 Sul Ross State University 17 3% $20,466
81 Arkansas State University-Main Campus 16 0% $23,101
82 Northeast Community College 15 2% $14,947
83 Oklahoma Panhandle State University 15 4% $16,421
84 Casper College 15 2% $13,132
85 Fort Valley State University 14 3% $21,530
86 College of the Ozarks 12 5% $30,220
87 College of Southern Idaho 11 1% $14,098
88 East Mississippi Community College 9 1% $12,855
89 West Texas A & M University 9 0% $21,285
90 Yavapai College 9 1% $16,446
91 Clarendon College 9 3% $12,588
92 Abilene Christian University 7 1% $49,722
93 Eastern Oklahoma State College 7 3% $13,877
94 Dordt College 6 2% $45,070
95 Eastern Arizona College 6 0% $14,795
96 Andrews University 6 1% $40,566
97 John Wood Community College 6 1% $6,390
98 Linn-Benton Community College 6 1% $5,834
99 Lubbock Christian University 4 1% $36,284
100 Treasure Valley Community College 4 1% $16,703

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Animal Sciences, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.