2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Rocky Mountains Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,564 people earned their degree in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, alternative medicine and systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,138 and had an average of $24,035 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 229 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,375 and $22,119 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in alternative medicine and systems. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent alternative medicine and systems programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the alternative medicine and systems program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree vets studying alternative medicine.
Top 2 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 28 masters’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
CSTCM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine supports 84 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,727. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s list. Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder is a small private for-profit school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 11 masters’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder also took the #2 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 51 students enrolled at Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,235. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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