2023 Best Health Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
35
Degrees Awarded
$28,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Health Education is the 319th most popular major in the country with 1,801 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in health education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate”.
Top 4 Best Health Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 5 doctorate’s school health education degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Texas A&M University - College Station supports 70,418 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,925. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 5 doctorate’s school health education degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 11,366 students enrolled at SIUC were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SIUC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Toledo is a fairly large school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 10 doctorate’s school health education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Toledo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 18,319 students enrolled at University of Toledo, 510 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 232 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. In addition to receiving other benefits, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Toledo]](/colleges/university-of-toledo/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Teachers College at Columbia University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for School Health Education for a Doctorate. Teachers College at Columbia University is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 15 doctorate’s school health education degrees in 2020-2021.
Teachers College also made our “Best Health Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 30 of the 4,547 students enrolled at Teachers College were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,966. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Teachers College at Columbia University]](/colleges/teachers-college-at-columbia-university/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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