2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,100
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 85 people earned their degree in animal-assisted therapy, making the major the 1045th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 23 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great animal-assisted therapy programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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 in the Great Lakes Region for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying animal-assisted therapy.
Top 1 Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region 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. Located in Aurora, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Aurora, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 6,265 students enrolled at Aurora University, 3 are 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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