2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Animal-Assisted Therapy is the 1045th most popular major in the country with 85 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in animal-assisted therapy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal-assisted therapy programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal-assisted therapy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Aurora, Illinois, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Aurora not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 6,265 students enrolled at Aurora University, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,999. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Aurora University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Aurora Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Averett University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s. AU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Danville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
AU also made our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 887 students enrolled at AU were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,806. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. AU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Averett University]](/colleges/averett-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s. Carroll Montana is a small school located in Helena, Montana that handed out 24 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Carroll Montana also took the #2 spot in our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 69 of the 1,108 students enrolled at Carroll College were GI Bill® students, of which 36 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,186. On top of their other funding sources, 23 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Carroll Montana Veteran Student Life Report
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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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