2023 Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$42,600
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Massachusetts for Health and Wellness for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Health & Wellness is the 141st most popular major in the country with 6,105 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 30 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general health and wellness programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Massachusetts for Health and Wellness for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Health and Wellness for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Health and Wellness for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Health and Wellness for a Master’s list. Merrimack is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 22 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.
Merrimack also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1.Among the 5,418 students enrolled at Merrimack College, 72 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,794. In addition to receiving other benefits, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Merrimack College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 Merrimack]](/colleges/merrimack-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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