Animal-Assisted Therapy at Averett University

If you are interested in studying animal-assisted therapy, you may want to check out the program at Averett University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

AU is located in Danville, Virginia and has a total student population of 887. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in animal-assisted therapy from AU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Animal-Assisted Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

AU Animal-Assisted Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Animal-Assisted Therapy

AU Animal-Assisted Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the animal-assisted therapy progam at AU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The animal-assisted therapy major at AU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Animal-Assisted Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
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Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools	4
Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools	7
Best Value Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools	8
Most Popular Animal-Assisted Therapy Schools	9

Animal-Assisted Therapy Student Demographics at AU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the animal-assisted therapy majors at Averett University.

AU Animal-Assisted Therapy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in animal-assisted therapy from AU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in animal-assisted therapy at AU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Averett University with a bachelor's in animal-assisted therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

AU also has a doctoral program available in animal-assisted therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Animal-Assisted Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in animal-assisted therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Averett University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Therapists	80	$67,610

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.