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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Informatics for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,004 people earned their degree in medical informatics, making the major the 311th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 97 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the medical informatics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The medical informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Informatics for a Doctorate”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree vets studying medical informatics.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Informatics for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTHealth, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Medical Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 5,608 students enrolled at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
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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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