2023 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota
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Ranked Colleges
25
Degrees Awarded
$25,500
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 South Dakota for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 16,104 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Dakota, there were 29 family practice 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 family practice 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 family practice nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 South Dakota for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Marty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Yankton, South Dakota. It awarded 16 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Mount Marty also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 27 of the 1,167 students enrolled at Mount Marty University were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,240. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mount Marty University]](/colleges/mount-marty-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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