2027 Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools in Illinois
Animal-Assisted Therapy is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their animal-assisted therapy programs.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for animal-assisted therapy students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Animal-Assisted Therapy in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the animal-assisted therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Animal-Assisted Therapy
No school ranked higher than Aurora University this year for animal-assisted therapy. This moderately-sized private not-for-profit university is located in the suburb of Aurora. The six-year graduation rate is 60%. There were roughly 23 animal-assisted therapy students who graduated with this degree at Aurora University in the most recent data year. Animal-Assisted Therapy graduates of Aurora University earn a median of $41,856 early in their careers. Aurora University graduates carry a median of $23,750 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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.
