2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,287 people earned their degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, making the major the 409th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 207 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate. This medium-sized school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 92 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Brandman also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 10,986 students enrolled at Brandman University, 7 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,406. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Brandman]](/colleges/brandman-university-part-of-the-chapman-university-system/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate list. Seattle University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Seattle U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 39 of the 7,050 students enrolled at Seattle University were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,383. To help with additional expenses, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 Seattle University 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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