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. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southwest region, there were 66 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,442 and $21,559 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region animal services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 16 ’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s animal services students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Arizona College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region. Pinal County Community College is a small public school situated in Coolidge, Arizona. It awarded 1 ’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Animal Services at Pinal County Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Odessa College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region. Odessa College is located in Odessa, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cochise County Community College District. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region. Cochise County Community College District is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s animal services degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Animal Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesalands Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Mesalands Community College is a small public school situated in Tucumcari, New Mexico. It awarded 0 ’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
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