by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Animal Services is the 271st most popular major in the country with 990 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, animal services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $22,249 and had an average of $17,877 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 118 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,755 and $19,255 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in animal services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in animal services.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Southern Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Ironton, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s animal services degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hocking College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Hocking College is a small public school situated in Nelsonville, Ohio. It awarded 12 associates’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Animal Services at Hocking Technical College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hawk College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region list. BHC is a small school located in Moline, Illinois that handed out 9 associates’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Findlay landed the #4 spot on the list. Findlay is located in Findlay, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 The University of Findlay
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highland Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Highland Community College is a public institution located in Freeport, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Animal Services at Highland Community College
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana. It awarded 1 associates’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s animal services degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Animal Services at Ohio University - Athens Campus
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