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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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Illinois, there were 85 health professions and related clinical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health professions and related clinical sciences. 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree vets studying other health professions and related clinical sciences.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Master’s. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.According to our most recent data, UIC supports 33,518 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,878. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UIC]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s health professions and related clinical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Loyola Chicago also made our “Best Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Loyola University Chicago supports 16,893 students, and 261 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 165 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,263. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students received scholarships 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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