2023 Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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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 Far Western US Region for Dietetics for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Dietetics/Dietitian is the 207th most popular major in the country with 3,788 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 137 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dietetics/dietitian programs and a strong support system for 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 dietetics/dietitian program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Dietetics for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Dietetics for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Dietetics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #1 spot on the list. Loma Linda, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dietetics degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Loma Linda University also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 4,468 students enrolled at Loma Linda University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Loma Linda University]](/colleges/loma-linda-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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