2023 Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 29,840 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,454 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health services/allied health/health sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general health services/allied health/health sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 50,411 students enrolled at Rutgers New Brunswick were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,625. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rutgers University - New Brunswick]](/colleges/rutgers-university-new-brunswick/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey City University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s health studies students in 2020-2021.
NJCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, NJCU supports 7,550 students, and 159 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 71 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,391. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NJCU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NJCU]](/colleges/new-jersey-city-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Canisius College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Health Studies for a Master’s list. Canisius is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 3 masters’s health studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Canisius also made our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4.Our most recent data shows that 67 of the 2,820 students enrolled at Canisius were GI Bill® students, of which 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,349. During this same period, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Canisius offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Canisius College 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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