Bergin University of Canine Studies
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Overview
Founded in 1991, Bergin University of Canine Studies is in a small suburb with fewer than 100,000 residents. It is in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA area.
Highlights
Largest undergraduate program (7): Animal Training
Address
10201 Old Redwood Hwy
Penngrove, CA 94951
www.berginu.edu
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Institutional Control
Bergin University of Canine Studies is a private not-for-profit organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Bergin University of Canine Studies holds an accreditation from an accreditor with a dubious reputation. Credits earned could be difficult to transfer to other schools. Please read below for concerns we found in the accreditation records.
Accreditation History
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (Accredited April 1, 2010 - present)
  • The accreditation was recently renewed on December 12, 2019.
  • The next accreditation review is scheduled for December 31, 2022.
  • A probation was placed on the accreditation on August 8, 2019 for Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning--Additional oversight is required to ensure a resolution of compliance issues
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (Accredited June 29, 2018 - January 13, 2020)
  • The acccreditation was ceased for the following reason: Voluntarily Withdrew effective 1/13/20.
Undergraduate Students
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Context: Average High School GPA
Bergin University of Canine Studies did not report the average high school GPA of it's students.
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Admissions Details
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Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Bergin University of Canine Studies lists the following admissions priorities and requirements:
Very Important: application essay, level of applicant's interest, and recommendation(s)
Important: character/personal qualities and volunteer work
Considered: interview, academic GPA, work experience, extracurricular activities, and first generation
Not Considered: class rank, racial/ethnic status, geographical residence, alumni/ae relation, standardized test scores, state residency, rigor of secondary school record, and religious affiliation/commitment
A high school diploma or GED is required, and an international baccalaureate is accepted.
Application Fee & Common App
Application Fee & Common App
Bergin University of Canine Studies has an undergraduate application fee of $50. We did not find Bergin University of Canine Studies on the Common Application site. Keep in mind that it never hurts to inquire with an Admissions office to see whether they might be willing to waive your application fee.
Transfer application information
Transfer application information
The application deadline for fall transfer admission is May 10. Fall transfer applicants are notified by June 30.
Credits accepted from new students
Credits accepted from new students
Bergin University of Canine Studies accepts the following credits:
  • Transfer credits from accredited institutions
  • CLEP subject for transfers
  • DSST/DANTES for transfers
  • ACE recommendations for credit
  • Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
  • Advanced placement (AP) credits
Programs
Bergin University of Canine Studies program offerings
What award level are you pursuing?
Associate's Degree
Animal Training
A program that prepares individuals to teach and exercise animals for leisure, sport, show, and professional purposes. Includes instruction in animal psychology, health, and safety; human-animal interaction; learning and behavior styles associated with different breeds and species; and the technical and pedagogical aspects of training animals for such specific functions as obedient household pets, performing show animals, animal athletes, care-giving (e.g., seeing-eye dogs), search and rescue, and police/security work
Note: The name and definition of this program are based on Department of Education CIP code descriptions, which ensures uniform reporting across schools in the US. Please check this school's website for detailed program information and their specific course descriptions._
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Completions in Animal Training by award level
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What can I do if I study Animal Training?
Below we list the careers that the US Department of Education suggests are best fits for people who studied animal training. You can get an idea of salary and the level of education you'll need, as well as whether this is a growing or shrinking career field. Sometimes this list of recommended careers doesn't match what people who earned this degree are really doing. Our animal training program page has much more information about the interplay between study in this field and possible careers. Select any table row to learn more about listed career.
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Costs
Undergraduate costs
Here's a quick summary of costs to attend Bergin University of Canine Studies. You will find the most up-to-date information at their website for admissions.
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Historic Annual Costs
See how this school's published costs have changed over the years, and how their cost trends compare with other private schools.
Published costs may have little to do with what you actually pay

It's important to remember that a school's published costs may not be indicative of what it will actually cost to attend. Time magazine wrote about this in their article Yes, you can get a college to cut its tuition price. Nonetheless, this inflation-adjusted look at the historic annual costs for tuition, fees, books, and supplies can give you an idea of the costs you might expect in the coming years. Comparing the total costs inclusive of room and board (if applicable) with the annual net price estimates in the previous tab will help you determine the financial aid package to expect.

Private and public universities' charges are difficult to compare due to the in-state and out-of-state price differences of public universities, and therefore we only compare Bergin University of Canine Studies to other private schools within your chosen context group.

Undergraduate tuition, fees, books, and supplies over time
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Bergin University of Canine Studies
On the blue curve, we see how the published annual cost to attend Bergin University of Canine Studies has changed over the years.
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The shading shows the spread of the annual cost for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Financial Aid
Financial aid overview

Understanding the rules and process that determine who gets financial aid can be intimidating. Here are some quick links to help:

  • Visit Bergin University of Canine Studies's Net Price Calculator for the most accurate estimate of your anticipated costs. Every school publishes a Net Price Calculator that does its best to give you a fair estimate of what you might expect to pay. Many calculators consider your high school record as part of the calculation. This will be far more accurate than any of the averages or published tuition values that you see here.
  • FederalStudentAid, a government site that will walk you through the federal financial aid process. There are a number of kinds of student loans and other aid, and this site can walk you through all of the choices you will need to make.

Undergraduate Outcomes
Graduation Rate
All undergraduate students were full-time with no them attending college for the first time. In the last reporting year, 85% of students, including those who were part-time or transfer students, received a degree within 8 years.
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Are students graduating on time?
Let us tell you all about low graduation rates!

Across the country, graduation rates are surprisingly low. In fact, Forbes Magazine suggests that they are unacceptably low. However, from another point of view, sometimes graduation rates simply reflect the relative preparation of the students who enter. Colleges with a mission to help people coming from less advantaged backgrounds, such as first-generation and low-income students, may have low graduation rates despite relatively strong outcomes for students who face many obstacles to success. Without the context provided in these views of completion rates, it can be tricky to separate predatory schools that take financial advantage of under-prepared students from those that are actively seeking to encourage and help those students.

For the consumer choosing a school, once you have narrowed your list to those schools that you can afford and that seem likely to admit you, consider the outcome measures in this section and choose the specific measures that best describe your plans. Very simply, schools with high graduation rates and high loan repayment rates will likely give you the best opportunity to succeed.

Context: the impact of wealth and transfer status on degree completion
We took a close look lagging success for students with financial need in a case study. Here's a chance to compare schools based on student successes with a better appreciation of how circumstances may impact success. One word of caution: the statistics for some categories may consist of only a handful of students -- see the details by hovering or long-pressing on the bars.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
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Bergin University of Canine Studies
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Bergin University of Canine Studies who have defaulted on their federal school loans within 3 years ending on the date shown.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the 3-year loan default rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Bergin University of Canine Studies
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Bergin University of Canine Studies
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Bergin University of Canine Studies has 29% full-time instructors, and 79% of the context schools have a higher percentage of full-time instructors. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Bergin University of Canine Studies, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, 72% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
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Campus Safety
Crime at Bergin University of Canine Studies
Check out the number of disciplinary actions (implemented within the school) and arrests (implemented by law enforcement external to the school)
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Average number of disciplinary violoations at Bergin University of Canine Studies as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
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Average number of arrests at Bergin University of Canine Studies as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
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Average number of criminal offenses at Bergin University of Canine Studies as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
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Housing
No Student Housing Available
This school does not report any housing for students.
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Activities and Services
Special academic opportunities
  • Formal adult program
  • Independent study courses
  • Remediation available
  • Services for learning disabilities
Undergraduate services offered
  • Personal/psychological counseling
  • Academic/career counseling services
  • Placement services for program completers
Research
The library is the backbone of academic learning and research

A rigorous academic program requires that students and faculty alike are engaging in independent research, and that activity requires strong library support. You can get some useful information here:

  • How strong and how balanced between traditional physical books and easily-accessed (but expensive) electronic journals and other resources is this library?
  • How much is this library borrowing from other libraries? The number of interlibrary loans received can indicate the school's commitment to getting the resources on-campus researchers need, and also of the research activity on campus.
  • How big a resource is this library to other libraries? A large number of outgoing interlibrary loans speaks highly of the value of its content.

The presence of a library in and of itself is a good thing. Increasingly, libraries are comfortable and inviting spaces for individual and group study sessions. Librarians can be incredibly friendly guides in your quest to find materials that aid your learning.

Comparison of library resources per student
How do the per-student library resources at Bergin University of Canine Studies compare to other schools?
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Comparison of library loans per student
A small library could make up for a small collection by allowing a large number of interlibrary loans to be received. An excellent library can show its strength by its number of loans given.
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Research funding: the best indicator of post-baccalaureate academic rigor
Any school that reports at least $150,000 in research and development expenditures in a given year should have submitted out the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey to the National Science Foundation (NSF). We did not find HERD data for $Bergin University of Canine Studies, so there would at most modest graduate-level academic scholarship campus-wide.
Student Body
Undergraduate Study Types
All undergraduate students are full-time. No undergraduate students take distance education courses.
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Context: Student body size
Bergin University of Canine Studies enrolled 71 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 98% of the context schools.
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Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Bergin University of Canine Studies undergraduate students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Bergin University of Canine Studies reports that 8% of undergraduate students are minority, which is less than 99% of the context schools. With 8% international students representing 2 countries, this school additionally has a lower percentage of international students than 99% of the context schools.
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Bergin University of Canine Studies.
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Context: Percentage of women
With 88% women undergraduate students, Bergin University of Canine Studies has a higher percentage of women than 96% of context schools.
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Context: Undergraduate student race/origin
Here is how Bergin University of Canine Studies compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
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Freshman residences

A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.

Bergin University of Canine Studies has undergraduates from 11 states or territories and 2 countries.

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Undergraduate student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
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School Finances
Bergin University of Canine Studies: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Bergin University of Canine Studies
On the blue curve, we see how the instructional expenses per student at Bergin University of Canine Studies have changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the instructional expenses per student for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?

Bergin University of Canine Studies is a private not-for-profit school. Along with publicly-controlled schools, not-for-profit schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.

Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Bergin University of Canine Studies into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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The power of a large endowment
Related to the previous question of whether the annual revenue stream is stable is the question, "How deep are this school's pockets?" For many schools, a major source of annual income is investment growth. Schools with large endowments have a built-in revenue stream, although you'll see in the accompanying graphs that this revenue stream is highly dependent on the nation's economy. You can choose how to examine the depth of Bergin University of Canine Studies's resources by selecting from the buttons below.
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Net Assets
Net Assets Per Student

Here we examine assets at Bergin University of Canine Studies in context, and it seems most fair to adjust for the size of the institution. We examine the assets per full-time-equivalent student so that we level the playing field for size.

There's a catch to these assets, though. Many gifts to a school's endowment have strings attached; the money is restricted to a specific purpose. Assets shown in green below are unrestricted, and are very important to a school's ability to meet its financial obligations. Some assets are the land and buildings that a school must have in order to function, and these may appear as green (unrestricted assets) but are nonetheless less helpful in meeting annual financial commitments. This look at assets is only a piece of the puzzle as we decide if a school is stable.

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