<p>A side note: we had a far harder time tracking down schools for my daughter than for music options for my son.</p>
<p>Daughter wanted a very specific program: small animal care. Not pre-vet, not vet tech, not vet science, not zoology. All the state schools in the northeast had any number of those options, but they did not provide what she needed.</p>
<p>She wants a career in kennel management and canine training, or possibly as an animal control officer.</p>
<p>We basically narrowed it to two programs: the associate degree programs at University of New Hampshire and Becker College in Massachucetts. (There is a third option in Colorado, but the name escapes me.) We chose the Becker program for two reasons: New Hampshire is a large school, and the program was tiny in comparison to other disciplines; Becker's program was a large part of their draw, the student body was much smaller, and they actually have a college owned and operated vet/boarding clinic on campus, allowing hands on training and instruction. Becker is actually a niche school. Rather than offering a large number of programs, they have a small number of majors, including a top notch equine program and a newly launched computer game design major, one of the few such programs in the country.</p>
<p>If you look hard enough, and ask the right questions, what you need is out there somewhere.</p>