2025 Best Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
If you pursue a associate degree in
veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #32 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 332 associate degrees in veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians School for Your Associate Degree
The veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.