2023 Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Health & Wellness is the 141st most popular major in the country with 6,105 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 537 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general health and wellness. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general health and wellness 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 general health and wellness program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Harrisburg Area Community College is a public institution located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at HACC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 624 of the 15,376 students enrolled at Harrisburg Area Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 367 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,537. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Harrisburg Area Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Erie Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Erie Community College is a medium-sized school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 14 associates’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Erie Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 8,364 students enrolled at Erie Community College, 86 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,561. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Erie Community College]](/colleges/erie-community-college/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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