2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant is the 644th most popular major in the country with 709 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 413 clinical/medical laboratory assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 314 clinical/medical laboratory assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical/medical laboratory assistant programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical/medical laboratory assistant program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest University at El Paso. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant for an Associate list. Southwest University at El Paso is a small school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 314 associates’s clinical/medical laboratory assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwest University at El Paso also took the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southwest University at El Paso supports 1,558 students, and 223 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 240 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,581. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southwest University at El Paso does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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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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