2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking.
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 New England region, there were 126 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree vets studying psychiatric/mental health nursing.
Top 1 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate list. Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.
Fairfield U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 49 of the 5,513 students enrolled at Fairfield U were GI Bill® students, of which 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,139. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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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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