2026 Best Value Dairy Science Schools in New York
[Dairy Science](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/animal-science/dairy-science/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong dairy science education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for dairy science students.
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2026 Best Value Dairy Science Schools in New York
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in dairy science, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Dairy Science Schools
For return on investment in dairy science, no school beat Suny College Of Agriculture And Technology At Cobleskill this year. Suny College Of Agriculture And Technology At Cobleskill is a mid-sized public school located in the town of Cobleskill. Students from in state pay about $8,768 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $18,678. Dairy Science graduates carry a median of $24,000 in student loans. Dairy Science graduates of Suny College Of Agriculture And Technology At Cobleskill earn a median of $37,068 early in their careers. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 84% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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