2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Epidemiology is the 280th most popular major in the country with 2,305 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 169 epidemiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in epidemiology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great epidemiology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the epidemiology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying epidemiology.
Top 3 Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 55 masters’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle also made our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, UW Seattle supports 48,149 students, and 1,283 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 769 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,190. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s epidemiology students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of California - Los Angeles supports 44,589 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,071. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Epidemiology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 28 masters’s epidemiology degrees in 2020-2021.
Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Epidemiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 15,953 students enrolled at Stanford, 188 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 118 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. To help with additional expenses, 61 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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