You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in animal services. It is ranked #235 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Animal Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 74 bachelor's degrees in animal services to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to animal services students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of animal services students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for animal services to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized animal services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for animal services students working on their bachelor's degree.
The animal services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Animal Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Centenary University is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in animal services. Located in the large suburb of Hackettstown, Centenary is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the animal services program state that they receive average early career wages of $34,104.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
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