2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy in North Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Animal-Assisted Therapy is the 1045th most popular major in the country with 85 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across North Carolina, there were 4 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,987 and $17,467 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal-assisted therapy. That schools that top this list have a program in animal-assisted therapy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy in North Carolina

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Isothermal Community College
Spindale, North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Isothermal Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Isothermal Community College is located in Spindale, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s animal-assisted therapy degrees to qualified students.

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Tri-County Community College
Murphy, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tri-County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina list. Tri-County Community College is located in Murphy, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s animal-assisted therapy degrees to qualified students.

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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).
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.