2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,800
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 the Plains States Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing is the 409th most popular major in the country with 2,287 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 481 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States 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. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 7 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 30,318 students enrolled at Iowa were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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 University of Iowa]](/colleges/university-of-iowa/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 4 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Creighton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Creighton University supports 8,770 students, and 278 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 185 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,575. In addition to receiving other benefits, 46 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Creighton 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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