Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for School Nursing for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s school nursing degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying school nursing list, Duke has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duke University supports 16,172 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.