2024 Best Animal Services Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
40Animal Services Degrees Awarded
$29,915Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in animal services, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #271 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for animal services students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 40 degrees in animal services to qualified students.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Animal Services Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Animal Services in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the animal services degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Animal Services
Any student pursuing a degree in animal services needs to look into North Dakota State University - Main Campus. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public university with a large student population.
Those animal services students who get their degree from North Dakota State University - Main Campus earn $6,492 more than the standard animal services student.
It's hard to beat William Woods University if you want to pursue a degree in animal services. William Woods is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Fulton.
Soon after graduating, animal services degree recipients usually make about $23,423 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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