2026 Best Dairy Science Schools in the Southeast Region
Dairy Science is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for dairy science students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Dairy Science in the Southeast Region
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dairy science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Dairy Science
No school ranked higher than Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University this year for dairy science. This very large public university is located in the city of Blacksburg. The six-year graduation rate is 86%. There were roughly 13 dairy science students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their dairy science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University earn around $28,729 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $22,631.
Read more about the dairy science program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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