2023 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing is the 318th most popular major in the country with 2,021 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 48 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in adult health nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult health nurse/nursing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing 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 Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Of the 26,552 students enrolled at UPenn, 324 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,383. During this same period, 78 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full UPenn Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend La Salle University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
La Salle also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, La Salle University supports 4,624 students, and 84 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 41 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,747. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. La Salle University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full La Salle University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Neumann University landed the #3 spot on the list. Aston, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Neumann also took the #4 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Of the 2,506 students enrolled at Neumann University, 46 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,093. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Adult Health Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gwynedd Mercy University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 masters’s adult health nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Gwynedd - Mercy also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 66 of the 2,737 students enrolled at Gwynedd Mercy University were GI Bill® students, of which 34 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,931. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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