2023 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,918
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Alternative Medicine & Systems is the 167th most popular major in the country with 3,564 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Colorado, there were 193 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,375 and $22,119 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the alternative medicine and systems program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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 Colorado for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this small private for-profit school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSTCM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 84 students enrolled at CSTCM, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,727. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through 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.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 11 masters’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder also made our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2.Among the 51 students enrolled at Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southwest Acupuncture College - Boulder does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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. 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%.
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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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