2023 Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Plains States region, there were 275 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying health and wellness.
Top 1 Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Health and Wellness for a Master’s. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s health and wellness degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 8,770 students enrolled at Creighton, 278 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 185 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,575. During this same period, 46 students received scholarships through 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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