2023 Best General Health & Wellness Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
166
Degrees Awarded
$31,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 California, there were 166 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health and wellness. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health and wellness programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general health and wellness program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness”.
Top 3 Best General Health & Wellness Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness that were part of this year’s ranking, Biola University landed the #1 spot on the list. Biola is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Mirada, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Biola did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 5,815 students enrolled at Biola University, 148 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 112 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,579. To help with additional expenses, 38 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Biola]](/colleges/biola-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Union College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness list. Pacific Union College is a small school located in Angwin, California that handed out 15 ’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
PUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 32 of the 959 students enrolled at PUC were GI Bill® students, of which 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,805. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Pacific Union College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Integral Studies. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Health and Wellness list. CIIS is a small school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 9 ’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
CIIS also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 1,530 students enrolled at California Institute of Integral Studies, 52 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,556. During this same period, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full CIIS Veteran Student Life Report
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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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