New York City, NY (population: 8,459,026) has four animal behavior schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the highest ranked school in this group with an animal behavior program, has a total student population of 37,366. It is the 55th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of New Jersey.
Animal Behavior students from New York City schools who go on to become animal behavioralists, animal trainers, dog trainers, animal scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 10,080 people working as animal trainers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $31,080. Also, Zoologists and wildlife biologists make on average $60,670 per year and there are about 17,460 of them employed in the US today.
Of the 4 animal behavior schools with a 100-mile radius of New York City, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Delaware Valley College comes out as the most expensive ($24,579/yr) for animal behavior students, with Ulster County Community College as the lowest, reported at only $5,664/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from New York City |
| Brooklyn | NY | - | 46 | 21.7861 | 571 | 1.5 miles |
| Ridgewood | NY | - | 1 | 34.5795 | 2 | 2.8 miles |
| Long Island City | NY | - | 4 | 18.9499 | 59 | 5.2 miles |
| Rego Park | NY | - | 1 | 27.7974 | 9 | 5.6 miles |
| Jackson Heights | NY | - | 1 | 28.2916 | 7 | 6.6 miles |
| Hoboken | NJ | 41,307 | 1 | 72.0499 | 47 | 6.8 miles |
| Jersey City | NJ | 242,594 | 10 | 25.9195 | 190 | 6.9 miles |
| West New York | NJ | 47,282 | 1 | 33.6373 | 6 | 7.2 miles |
| Jamaica | NY | - | 3 | 22.786 | 65 | 7.6 miles |
| Bayonne | NJ | 57,362 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.9 miles |
| Queens | NY | - | 1 | 36.0611 | 122 | 9.3 miles |
| Fresh Meadows | NY | - | 1 | 41.5392 | 2 | 9.5 miles |
| North Bergen | NJ | 59,771 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.5 miles |
| Far Rockaway | NY | - | 2 | 14.0585 | 4 | 10.7 miles |
| Whitestone | NY | - | 1 | 33.134 | 2 | 10.7 miles |
| Staten Island | NY | - | 3 | 40.1655 | 127 | 12.5 miles |
| Newark | NJ | 279,278 | 12 | 22.0426 | 375 | 12.5 miles |
| Bronx | NY | - | 10 | 27.317 | 379 | 13.0 miles |
| Hackensack | NJ | 42,824 | 4 | 27.098 | 27 | 16.3 miles |
| Bloomfield | NJ | 48,995 | 2 | 17.5636 | 34 | 16.3 miles |
| Passaic | NJ | 67,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.5 miles |
| Garden City | NY | - | 5 | 29.9653 | 250 | 16.5 miles |
| Hempstead | NY | 54,072 | 4 | 22.5315 | 163 | 16.9 miles |
| Union | NJ | 56,324 | 6 | 24.8766 | 160 | 17.4 miles |
| Clifton | NJ | 78,248 | 4 | 27.5248 | 46 | 17.5 miles |
| Mount Vernon | NY | 68,747 | 8 | 36.4632 | 259 | 17.6 miles |
| South Orange | NJ | - | 1 | 63.933 | 113 | 17.7 miles |
| Montclair | NJ | - | 3 | 25.8703 | 100 | 17.7 miles |
| Kenilworth | NJ | - | 2 | 30.2484 | 7 | 18.4 miles |
| West Orange | NJ | 49,330 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.7 miles |