2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,058 people earned their degree in animal services, making the major the 263rd most popular in the United States. 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 63 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,300 and $22,665 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the animal services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Services in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,584 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Services students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Read more about Animal Services at North Dakota State University

#2

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$24,593 Average Net Price

$25,967 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Woods University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. William Woods is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fulton, Missouri. It awarded 28 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.

William Woods not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend William Woods is $24,593 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Services students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Services at William Woods

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Corey Hensley.

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