2023 Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health Communication for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 410 people earned their degree in health communication, making the major the 674th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 11 health communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health communication programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the health communication program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health Communication for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health Communication for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying health communication.
Top 1 Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health Communication for a Master’s. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s health communication degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,382 of the 47,090 students enrolled at UH were GI Bill® students, of which 730 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,264. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UH]](/colleges/university-of-houston/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
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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