2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Animal-Assisted Therapy is the 1165th most popular major in the country with 58 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 7 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal-assisted therapy programs and 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The animal-assisted therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Averett University

Danville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$18,417 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Averett University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Danville, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy students in 2019-2020.

AU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Averett University is $18,417 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal-Assisted Therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Animal-Assisted Therapy at AU

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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