Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Health Sciences University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern Health Sciences University is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NWHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 1,132 students enrolled at Northwestern Health Sciences University were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,569. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.