2023 Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Health Professions is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,223 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,710 and $23,124 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other health professions programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other health professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying health professions.
Top 7 Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 25 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UA supports 37,840 students, and 2,081 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,128 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,975. To help with additional expenses, 357 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UA does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 The University of Alabama]](/colleges/the-university-of-alabama/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Virginia, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Virginia - Main Campus supports 25,628 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Virginia - Main Campus]](/colleges/university-of-virginia-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
UNCW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,169 of the 17,915 students enrolled at UNCW were GI Bill® students, of which 659 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,129. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNCW does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of North Carolina at Wilmington]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-wilmington/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 69 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 36,360 students enrolled at Georgia State, 1,873 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 662 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,934. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Georgia State Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #5 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 24 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Tulane also made our “Best Other Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,927 students enrolled at Tulane were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,227. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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