2023 Best Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 3,493 people earned their degree in other allied health and medical assisting services, making the major the 412th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 365 other allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 other allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other allied health and medical assisting services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other allied health and medical assisting services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Wachusett Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services for an Associate list. Gardner, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other allied health and medical assisting services degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
MWCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 138 of the 3,187 students enrolled at Mount Wachusett Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 103 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,760. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mount Wachusett Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MWCC]](/colleges/mount-wachusett-community-college/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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