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2026 Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Associate’s Degree Schools

[Animal-Assisted Therapy](/majors/health-care-professions/rehab-and-therapeutic-professions/animal-assisted-therapy/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong animal-assisted therapy education at a price that pays off.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 16 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for animal-assisted therapy students.

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• Best Value Associate’s Degree Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools
• Other Degree Levels

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 16 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.