2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Animal Services is the 263rd most popular major in the country with 1,058 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, animal services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $19,660 and had an average of $17,032 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 265 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate.
Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Services
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Shore Community College is a small school located in Danvers, Massachusetts that handed out 9 associates’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.
North Shore Community College also made our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend North Shore Community College is $9,129 for Associate Degree Animal Services students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate list. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 10 associates’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kirkwood Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $10,939 for Associate Degree Animal Services students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Central Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Ocala, Florida, and it awarded 10 associates’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CF, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CF is $6,548 for associate degree animal services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana - Western. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate. Montana Western is located in Dillon, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
Montana Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Montana Western is $13,929 for associate degree animal services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morrisville State College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate. Morrisville State College is located in Morrisville, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 associates’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
Morrisville State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Morrisville State College is $19,350 for Associate Degree Animal Services students.
With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 1 associates’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree animal services students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,501 for Associate Degree Animal Services students per year to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The low student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Animal Services at University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Findlay landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate ranking. Findlay is a small school located in Findlay, Ohio that handed out 11 associates’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.
Findlay also took the #5 spot in our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $24,884 for Associate Degree Animal Services students per year to attend Findlay.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Centenary University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate ranking. Hackettstown, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s animal services degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Centenary also made our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Centenary is $20,474 for associate degree animal services students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Becker College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate ranking. Becker College is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
Becker College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $32,920 for associate degree animal services students per year to attend Becker College.
Delaware Valley University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Animal Services Schools for an Associate ranking. Delaware Valley University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 associates’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.
DelVal not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $27,587 for Associate Degree Animal Services students per year to attend DelVal.
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Notes and References
References
- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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