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Animal Care Schools in Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ (population: 1,635,783) has three animal care schools within its city limits. Apollo College-Phoenix Inc, the highest ranked school in the city with an animal care program, has a total student population of 5,844. It is the 1504th highest ranked school in the USA and the 10th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University).

Animal Care students from Phoenix schools who go on to become animal care supervisors, veterinarians, animal trainers, animal behavioralists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 15,320 people working as animal control workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $33,560. Also, Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers make on average $23,400 per year and there are about 71,350 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area alone, there are 470 employed veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers earning an average salary of $21,000. Animal control workers in this area earn $33,360/yr and there are 130 employed.

Phoenix lies in Maricopa county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area has 1,763,410 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,930 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Phoenix are held by animal control workers, and 0/1000 are held by veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers.

Of the 3 animal care schools in Phoenix, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kaplan College comes out as the most expensive ($54,720/yr) for animal care students, with Apollo College-Phoenix Inc as the lowest, reported at only $20,540/yr.

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