by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 990 people earned their degree in animal services, making the major the 271st most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 14 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 3 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.
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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 Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilson College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in Pennsylvania. Wilson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Francis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Francis is a small school located in Loretto, Pennsylvania that handed out 4 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Read full report on Animal Services at Saint Francis University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware Valley University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in Pennsylvania. DelVal is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
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