2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
1,114
Degrees Awarded
$40,255
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Chiropractic is the 175th most popular major in the country with 2,658 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chiropractic graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,463 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,114 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,255 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chiropractic. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chiropractic programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chiropractic program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Logan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate. Chesterfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s chiropractic degrees to 209 students in 2020-2021.
Logan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 1,806 students enrolled at Logan University, 69 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 41 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,008. To help with additional expenses, 6 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Health Sciences University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic for a Doctorate list. Bloomington, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s chiropractic degrees to 178 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NWHSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 1,132 students enrolled at NWHSU 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. NWHSU 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%. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northwestern Health Sciences University]](/colleges/northwestern-health-sciences-university/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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