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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 Great Lakes Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,883 people earned their degree in public health/community nurse/nursing, making the major the 316th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 75 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health/community nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health/community 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 public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The public health/community nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Master’s”.
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 Great Lakes Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Master’s. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree vets studying public health/community nursing list, U-M has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, U-M supports 47,907 students, and 570 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 325 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $27,058. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. U-M does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cedarville University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Public Health/Community Nursing for a Master’s list. Cedarville University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cedarville, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Cedarville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 4,461 students enrolled at Cedarville, 150 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 97 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,411. To help with additional expenses, 62 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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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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