2023 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,200
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 16,104 people earned their degree in family practice nurse/nursing, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States.
Across Tennessee, there were 304 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family practice nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family practice nurse/nursing 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 family practice nurse/nursing program at the school. 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 in Tennessee for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree vets studying family practice nursing.
Top 2 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
ETSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 6 of the 13,713 students enrolled at ETSU were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,115. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at ETSU]](/colleges/east-tennessee-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate list. Chattanooga, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
UT Chattanooga also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.Of the 11,728 students enrolled at UT Chattanooga, 431 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 270 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,374. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full UT Chattanooga 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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