2023 Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
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Ranked Colleges
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 85 people earned their degree in animal-assisted therapy, making the major the 1045th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 12 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal-assisted therapy programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal-assisted therapy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Animal-Assisted Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree vets studying animal-assisted therapy.
Top 1 Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois 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. Aurora University is located in Aurora, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s animal-assisted therapy degrees to qualified students.
Aurora not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 6,265 students enrolled at Aurora were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,999. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Aurora]](/colleges/aurora-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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