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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Southwest region, there were 218 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health professions and related clinical sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest 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 southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying other health professions and related clinical sciences.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU, 327 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,612. During this same period, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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