2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Health & Wellness is the 141st most popular major in the country with 6,105 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,958 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 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.
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 Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas Health Science Center. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s. University of North Texas Health Science Center is a public institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT Health Science Center, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 2,329 students enrolled at University of North Texas Health Science Center, 31 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,530. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 UNT Health Science Center Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.
SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 327 of the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU were GI Bill® students, of which 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,612. In addition to receiving other benefits, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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