2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Animal Services
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Massachusetts for Animal Services” 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 Massachusetts, there were 15 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,771 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal services programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Animal Services
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts vets studying animal services.
Top 1 Best Animal Services Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Animal Services that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Danvers, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s animal services degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Shore Community College, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 4,783 students enrolled at North Shore Community College, 231 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 186 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,024. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at North Shore Community College]](/colleges/north-shore-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
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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