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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Animal Services in the Great Lakes Region

10 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$28,000 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Findlay landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Findlay, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified ’s animal services students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Animal Services at The University of Findlay

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Hocking College
Nelsonville, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hocking College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Hocking Technical College is a small school located in Nelsonville, Ohio that handed out 17 ’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.

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Black Hawk College
Moline, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hawk College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Black Hawk College is a small public school situated in Moline, Illinois. It awarded 9 ’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Black Hawk College Animal Services Report

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Otterbein University
Westerville, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Otterbein University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Westerville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s animal services degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animal Services at Otterbein

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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana

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 #5 for the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 ’s 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.

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Wilmington College
Wilmington, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region. Wilmington, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s animal services degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Animal Services at Wilmington College

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Ohio University - Southern Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Ohio University - Southern Campus is located in Ironton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s animal services degrees to qualified students.

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Lake Erie College
Painesville, Ohio

Lake Erie College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. LEC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Painesville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Lake Erie College Animal Services Report

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Highland Community College
Freeport, Illinois

Highland Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Freeport, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s animal services degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Animal Services at Highland Community College

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Animal Services Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 0 ’s animal services degrees in 2020-2021.

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