2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. Loyola University Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 masters’s family practice nursing degrees to qualified students.

Loyola Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.According to our most recent data, Loyola Chicago supports 16,893 students, and 261 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 165 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,263. During this same period, 78 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Loyola Chicago Veteran Student Life Report

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Chamberlain University - Illinois
Addison, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chamberlain University - Illinois. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. Located in Addison, Illinois, this large private for-profit school awarded 2,456 degrees to qualified masters’s family practice nursing students in 2020-2021.

Chamberlain - Illinois also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 29,481 students enrolled at Chamberlain - Illinois, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,800. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 Chamberlain University - Illinois Veteran Student Life Report

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Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Peoria, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family practice nursing degrees to 93 students in 2020-2021.

Bradley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.According to our most recent data, Bradley supports 5,855 students, and 96 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 61 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,498. To help with additional expenses, 7 students received funds through 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Bradley University Veteran Student Life Report

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Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. Olivet Nazarene University is a small school located in Bourbonnais, Illinois that handed out 76 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

Olivet Nazarene also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #4.Of the 3,764 students enrolled at Olivet Nazarene, 57 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,334. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Olivet Nazarene offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.

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North Park University
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Park University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. North Park is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s family practice nursing degrees to qualified students.

North Park also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Among the 2,831 students enrolled at North Park University, 30 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,080. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full North Park Veteran Student Life Report

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Oak Point University
Chicago, Illinois

Oak Point University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s ranking. Oak Point is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s family practice nursing degrees to qualified students.

Oak Point also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #7.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 753 students enrolled at Oak Point were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,012. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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