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

With all of the options students 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 “Schools Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal-assisted therapy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their animal-assisted therapy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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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 “Schools Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina animal-assisted therapy students.

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

1

Isothermal Community College
Spindale, North Carolina

$35,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

$8,050 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Isothermal Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina list. Located in Spindale, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified ’s animal-assisted therapy students in 2020-2021.

Full Isothermal Community College Animal-Assisted Therapy Report

2

Tri-County Community College
Murphy, North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Tri-County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Murphy, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s animal-assisted therapy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Animal-Assisted Therapy at Tri-County Community College

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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.