by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree animal services students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Findlay. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Findlay is a private not-for-profit institution located in Findlay, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Wilmington College is located in Wilmington, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Erie College landed the #4 spot on the list. LEC is a small school located in Painesville, Ohio that handed out 2 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Otterbein University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Otterbein University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Westerville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
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