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2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,058 people earned their degree in animal services, making the major the 263rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, animal services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $19,660 and had an average of $17,032 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 63 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,300 and $22,665 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal services programs, but they also 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 services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Animal Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 11 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,544 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University Animal Services Report

#2

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Woods University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animal Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. William Woods University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fulton, Missouri. It awarded 28 bachelors’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.

William Woods not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend William Woods is $26,790 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Animal Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full William Woods University Animal Services Report

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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

  • *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.

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