2
Ranked Colleges
48
Degrees Awarded
$31,400
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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Medical Informatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Medical Informatics is the 311th most popular major in the country with 2,004 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 350 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Medical Informatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medical informatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical informatics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medical informatics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Medical Informatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Medical Informatics for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Medical Informatics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s medical informatics degrees to qualified students.
Temple also took the #1 spot in our “Best Medical Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Temple supports 37,236 students, and 830 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 510 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Temple]](/colleges/temple-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Medical Informatics for a Bachelor’s list. IUP is a medium-sized public school situated in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 bachelors’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Medical Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, IUP supports 10,037 students, and 298 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 109 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,600. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus 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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