2023 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing is the 409th most popular major in the country with 2,287 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 364 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying psychiatric/mental health nursing.
Top 2 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate list. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 26,241 students enrolled at Wayne State, 470 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 244 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,101. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Wayne State Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.
UC also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 40,826 students enrolled at UC, 909 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 498 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,806. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus 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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