This page contains key outcome data for the Animal Sciences Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $41,000 (Rank: 140 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $22,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.00% (Rank: 47 of 171)
- Percent Female: 73.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 16.6%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 13.4%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 8.7%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 70 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.06 (Rank: 41 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioner Support Technicians: 9.53% (Average Income: $36,000)
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers: 8.03% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Agricultural workers, : 5.32% (Average Income: $33,000)
- Nonfarm Animal Caretakers: 5.10% (Average Income: $34,000)
- Medical Assistants and Other Healthcare Support Occupations, : 3.20% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 2.69% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 2.52% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.34% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 2.32% (Average Income: $30,000)
- Animal Trainers: 2.14% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.10% (Average Income: $35,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.08% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.81%
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.74% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Receptionists and Information Clerks: 1.42% (Average Income: $23,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 1.28% (Average Income: $36,000)
- Agricultural and Food Scientists: 1.16% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Registered Nurses: 1.15% (Average Income: $66,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.12% (Average Income: $64,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 1.04% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Police Officers and Detectives: 1.02% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Office Clerks, General: 0.96% (Average Income: $21,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.93% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Secondary School Teachers: 0.86% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 0.84% (Average Income: $46,000)
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