2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 New England Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,105 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 316 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health and wellness programs as well as strong veteran support.
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 New England Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree vets studying health and wellness.
Top 1 Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bay State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health and Wellness for an Associate list. Bay State College is a private for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bay State College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 691 students enrolled at Bay State College, 75 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,738. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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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