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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 92 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,063 and $19,075 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in animal services. To top this list, a school must have a successful animal services program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Centenary University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilson College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal services students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Francis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small school located in Cobleskill, New York that handed out 2 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Delaware Valley University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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