2023 Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
33
Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 California for Nursing Practice for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Nursing Practice is the 105th most popular major in the country with 7,992 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 271 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing practice programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nursing Practice for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nursing Practice for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nursing Practice for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanguard University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nursing Practice for a Bachelor’s. Located in Costa Mesa, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
Vanguard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 60 of the 2,289 students enrolled at Vanguard were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,146. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full Vanguard University of Southern California 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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