Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #32 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 203 associate degrees in veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 much a school focuses on veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students who choose to seek a associate 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 veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Front Range Community College is a good option for individuals interested in an associate degree in veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their associate from the veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians program state that they receive average early career income of $35,040.
College of Southern Idaho is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians. College of Southern Idaho is a moderately-sized public college located in the small city of Twin Falls.
After graduation, veterinary/animal health technologies/technicians associate recipients generally make about $35,829 in their early careers.
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.
