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2022 Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 58 people earned their degree in animal-assisted therapy, making the major the 1165th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal-assisted therapy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal-assisted therapy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the animal-assisted therapy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree animal-assisted therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

#1

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small school located in Cobleskill, New York that handed out 7 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree animal-assisted therapy students whose families make $0-$30k list, SUNY Cobleskill has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,984 for Bachelor’s Degree Animal-Assisted Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

Read full report on Animal-Assisted Therapy at SUNY Cobleskill

#2

Aurora University

Aurora, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aurora University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Aurora University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Aurora, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Aurora not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Aurora is $14,103 for bachelor’s degree animal-assisted therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 more about Animal-Assisted Therapy at Aurora University

#3

Carroll College

Helena, Montana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carroll College landed the #3 spot on the list. Carroll Montana is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Helena, Montana. It awarded 20 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carroll Montana, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carroll College is $17,061 for Bachelor’s Degree Animal-Assisted Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 more about Animal-Assisted Therapy at Carroll Montana

#4

Lake Erie College

Painesville, Ohio
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Erie College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. LEC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Painesville, Ohio. It awarded 3 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree animal-assisted therapy students whose families make $0-$30k list, LEC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,004 for bachelor’s degree animal-assisted therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend LEC.

Read more about Animal-Assisted Therapy at LEC

#5

Averett University

Danville, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Danville, Virginia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

AU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $21,385 for Bachelor’s Degree Animal-Assisted Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Averett University.

Full AU Animal-Assisted Therapy Report

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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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