2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Animal-Assisted Therapy
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Virginia for Animal-Assisted Therapy” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Animal-Assisted Therapy is the 1045th most popular major in the country with 85 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 3 animal-assisted therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Animal-Assisted Therapy” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Animal-Assisted Therapy
The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia vets studying animal-assisted therapy.
Top 1 Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Animal-Assisted Therapy that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #1 spot on the list. AU is located in Danville, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s animal-assisted therapy degrees to qualified students.
AU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 887 students enrolled at AU, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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