2022 Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Animal Services is the 263rd most popular major in the country with 1,058 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 209 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $15,000 and $10,963 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Animal Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

College of Central Florida

Ocala, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$6,548 Average Net Price

$34,167 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Central Florida is a medium-sized public school situated in Ocala, Florida. It awarded 28 ’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.

CF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,548 for southeast region animal services students with aid per year to attend College of Central Florida.

Read more about Animal Services at College of Central Florida

#2

Midway University

Midway, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$22,706 Average Net Price

$44,180 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midway University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Midway, Kentucky, and it awarded 22 ’s animal services degrees in 2019-2020.

Midway did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Animal Services Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Midway University is $22,706 for Southeast Region Animal Services students with aid.

Read full report on Animal Services at Midway University

• Best Value Colleges for Animal Services (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Corey Hensley.

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