Animal-Assisted Therapy
STEM •
Health Professions And Related Programs
What is it about?
A program that prepares health and human service professionals to integrate the use of animals into their treatment practices in order to facilitate change in people with mental and physical disabilities. Includes instruction in psychology, psychology of disabilities, animal behavior, animal training, the human-animal bond, integration of animals into therapeutic settings, and ethical and cultural issues.
Trends
Graduates
Popularity Rank
Colleges
Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Average public university graduating class: 3 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Average private university graduating class: 6 students.
O's Insights on Animal-Assisted Therapy
- Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
- 12% of graduates come from public universities.
