2023 Best Animal Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,441
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Services for an Associate” ranking.
Animal Services is the 271st most popular major in the country with 990 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, animal services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $22,249 and had an average of $17,877 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 92 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,063 and $19,075 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 animal services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The animal services 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Services for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Services for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Services for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Animal Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Services for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Morrisville State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Morrisville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s animal services degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
Morrisville State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 2,486 students enrolled at Morrisville State College, 71 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,293. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Morrisville State College does offer credit for military training for eligible 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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