Animal Sciences General

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 116 institutions across the United States, with a total of 23088 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

181

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

6,830

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

434

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

158

degrees awarded

Other Awards

15,408

awards given

Top Schools for Animal Sciences General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	984
2	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	882
3	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	747
4	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	738
5	Iowa State University Ames, IA	729
6	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	702
7	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	684
8	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	534
9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	483
10	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	473
11	University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI	471
12	Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX	471
13	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	471
14	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	462
15	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	447
16	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	438
17	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	432
18	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	342
19	Auburn University Auburn, AL	330
20	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	327
21	Clemson University Clemson, SC	327
22	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	327
23	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	321
24	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	321
25	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	321
26	Washington State University Pullman, WA	318
27	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	315
28	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	309
29	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	309
30	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	303
31	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY	303
32	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	302
33	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	294
34	University of Georgia Athens, GA	288
35	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	276
36	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	276
37	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	273
38	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	267
39	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	255
40	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	249
41	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	240
42	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	234
43	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	234
44	Utah State University Logan, UT	222
45	Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL	219
46	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	216
47	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	204
48	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	189
49	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	186
50	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	180
51	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	159
52	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	159
53	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	156
54	Texas A & M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX	153
55	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	147
56	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	141
57	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	129
58	Angelo State University San Angelo, TX	126
59	The University of Findlay Findlay, OH	126
60	Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA	126
61	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA	123
62	University of Maine Orono, ME	120
63	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	114
64	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	111
65	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	111
66	Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge, NY	108
67	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	99
68	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	96
69	University of Delaware Newark, DE	96
70	University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI	93
71	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	87
72	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	86
73	Murray State University Murray, KY	81
74	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	81
75	Sul Ross State University Alpine, TX	69
76	Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Wooster, OH	66
77	College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls, ID	57
78	Casper College Casper, WY	54
79	Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA	54
80	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR	51
81	College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO	51
82	Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO	51
83	Kaskaskia College Centralia, IL	51
84	Oklahoma Panhandle State University Goodwell, OK	42
85	College of Western Idaho Nampa, ID	39
86	University of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC	36
87	Snow College Ephraim, UT	36
88	Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE	33
89	University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN	33
90	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	24
91	East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS	24
92	Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX	21
93	Linn-Benton Community College Albany, OR	21
94	Athens Technical College Athens, GA	20
95	Southwestern Community College Creston, IA	18
96	Laramie County Community College Cheyenne, WY	18
97	West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX	18
98	University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville Batesville, AR	16
99	Dordt University Sioux Center, IA	15
100	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA	15