Dairy Science is about average in terms of popularity for associate degrees programs. That is, it ranks #575 out of the 1020 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dairy Science Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 24 associate degrees in dairy science to qualified students.
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Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dairy science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other dairy science students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dairy science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for dairy science students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dairy Science Associate Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
