by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 205 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,239 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 81 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in animal services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animal services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 the Rocky Mountains 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 rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree animal services students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rocky Mountain College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Rocky Mountain College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 8 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #2 spot on the list. Montana Western is a public institution located in Dillon, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The University of Montana - Western Animal Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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