If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in animal science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #64 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
There was only one school in South Dakota to review for the 2025 Best Animal Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
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Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in animal science needs to check out South Dakota State University. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the animal science program report average early career wages of $44,844.
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).
