The 50 colleges that score highest for Animal science and pre-vet on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $52,967 · 68 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $57,605 · 38 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $57,324 · 316 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $56,248 · 63 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $54,089 · 146 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $48,026 · 114 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $61,176 · 44 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $47,724 · 139 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $53,226 · 218 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $54,509 · 76 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $48,441 · 324 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $54,751 · 135 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $50,769 · 133 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $53,117 · 94 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $47,224 · 159 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $49,656 · 109 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $57,885 · 106 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $51,271 · 80 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | OK | Median earnings $53,971 · 226 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $48,939 · 154 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $55,753 · 245 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $53,851 · 95 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Iowa State University | IA | Median earnings $51,644 · 231 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $47,983 · 104 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $47,577 · 81 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | KS | Median earnings $50,941 · 190 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | Clemson University | SC | Median earnings $47,853 · 112 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $42,533 · 133 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $48,468 · 84 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | NE | Median earnings $49,193 · 102 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $54,805 · 207 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | AR | Median earnings $56,136 · 64 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $43,797 · 99 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | WV | Median earnings $52,548 · 103 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | Median earnings $53,934 · 80 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Mississippi State University | MS | Median earnings $52,755 · 102 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez | PR | Median earnings $37,629 · 98 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | Oregon State University | OR | Median earnings $45,959 · 58 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | SD | Median earnings $53,784 · 90 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | Median earnings $53,017 · 160 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | University of Kentucky | KY | Median earnings $53,918 · 42 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | University of Rhode Island | RI | Median earnings $50,203 · 69 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno | NV | Median earnings $52,481 · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Washington State University | WA | Median earnings $41,634 · 87 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Tuskegee University | AL | Median earnings $39,949 · 46 graduates last year · 14% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Montana State University | MT | Median earnings $46,313 · 51 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | NH | Median earnings $47,528 (field-wide) · 39 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | WI | Median earnings $48,680 · 166 graduates last year · 15% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Utah State University | UT | Median earnings $39,041 · 52 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | North Carolina A & T State University | NC | Median earnings $48,155 · 63 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees |
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