2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Adult Health Nursing for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,000
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southeast Region for Adult Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,021 people earned their degree in adult health nurse/nursing, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 485 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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. 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 Southeast Region for Adult Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Adult Health Nursing for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Adult Health Nursing for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Adult Health Nursing for a Doctorate list. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duke University supports 16,172 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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