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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Massachusetts for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences is the 115th most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 249 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 11 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,931 and $13,427 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions and related clinical sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health professions and related clinical sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Massachusetts for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for an Associate”.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts associate degree vets studying other health professions and related clinical sciences.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Berkshire Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Berkshire Community College is located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 associates’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees to qualified students.
BCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.According to our most recent data, BCC supports 1,465 students, and 34 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 21 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,231. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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