2023 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing is the 318th most popular major in the country with 2,021 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in adult health nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult health nurse/nursing 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 adult health nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying adult health nursing.
Top 3 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 126 bachelors’s adult health nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 114 of the 2,617 students enrolled at Oklahoma City University were GI Bill® students, of which 68 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,606. To help with additional expenses, 22 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 Oklahoma City University]](/colleges/oklahoma-city-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s adult health nursing degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Methodist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Methodist supports 1,773 students, and 498 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 305 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,063. On top of their other funding sources, 128 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Methodist offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Methodist Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Health Nursing for a Bachelor’s. Worcester State is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.
Worcester State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 117 of the 5,724 students enrolled at Worcester State University were GI Bill® students, of which 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,630. 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.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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