2023 Most Well Attended Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Animal-Assisted Therapy is the 1045th most popular major in the country with 85 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal-assisted therapy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular animal-assisted therapy programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region animal-assisted therapy students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Animal-Assisted Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region

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SUNY Cobleskill
Cobleskill, New York

$34,851 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,930 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleskill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s animal-assisted therapy degrees to qualified students.

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Wilson College
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

$39,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

$34,353 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Animal-Assisted Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilson College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified ’s animal-assisted therapy students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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 Barbara E. Carver.