2023 Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Missouri
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Degrees Awarded
$23,423
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Animal Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Missouri, there were 33 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,423 and $25,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal services programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Animal Services for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Animal Services for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree vets studying animal services.
Top 1 Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Missouri
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Animal Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, William Woods University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fulton, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s animal services students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at William Woods, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 56 of the 2,114 students enrolled at William Woods University were GI Bill® students, of which 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,488. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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