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 Southwest Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing is the 316th most popular major in the country with 1,883 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 140 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health/community nurse/nursing programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aspen University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Bachelor’s list. Aspen University is a medium-sized school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 1,430 bachelors’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Aspen University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 188 of the 9,563 students enrolled at Aspen University were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,743. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Aspen University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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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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