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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 7,984 people earned their degree in health professions and related clinical sciences, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 215 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions and related clinical sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health professions and related clinical sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The other health professions and related clinical sciences 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 Far Western US Region for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for an Associate”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree vets studying other health professions and related clinical sciences.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for an Associate list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 20 associates’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Hawaii Pacific University also made our “Best Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Hawaii Pacific University supports 4,243 students, and 992 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 829 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,333. In addition to receiving other benefits, 307 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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