47 PhD programmes in Animal Science in United States

The student and major professor select the graduate advisory committee which must be comprised of at least 5 faculty members at the rank of assistant professor or above. The major professor serves as chair, 3 members must reside within the Department of Animal Science. The Animal Science program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

The Animal and Dairy Sciences Department at University of Wisconsin Madison offers one of the most comprehensive animal and dairy science graduate programs in the country. 

The MSU CVM Office of Research and Graduate Studies (ORGS) is a service unit that provides leadership in research administration and graduate education to CVM faculty, research staff, graduate students and veterinary students. This Infectious Disease graduate program is offered at Mississippi State University.

The Ph.D. Agricultural Sciences – Poultry Science program from Mississippi State University requires a minimum of three academic years beyond the B.S. degree with the number of hours varying as determined by the student and major professor.

Course offerings in Poultry Science at North Carolina State University are comprehensive in the areas of physiology, nutrition, microbiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, food science, immunology, genetics, pathology, and toxicology.

The Ph.D. Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture from Mississippi State University requires a comprehensive written diagnostic examination, one graduate level statistics course, variable hours of course work (determined by graduate committee), oral and written comprehensive preliminary examinations, a dissertation and oral defense of dissertation.

Animal Sciences offers graduate work at Washington State University leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in animal science.