2023 Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nebraska
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Ranked Colleges
26
Degrees Awarded
$34,930
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Health Science for an Associate” ranking.
Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nebraska, there were 91 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,778 and $23,410 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services 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 health sciences and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Health Science for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Health Science for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Health Science for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nebraska
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Health Science for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. MCC is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 associates’s health science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 653 of the 13,244 students enrolled at MCC were GI Bill® students, of which 283 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $835. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Metropolitan Community College]](/colleges/metropolitan-community-college-area/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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