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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$37,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Practical Nursing for a Doctorate

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 the New England Region for Practical Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 84,274 people earned their degree in practical nursing and nursing assistants, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,863 and had an average of $15,708 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 1,697 practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,786 and $15,747 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent practical nursing and nursing assistants programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the practical nursing and nursing assistants program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 New England Region for Practical Nursing for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Practical Nursing for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Practical Nursing for a Doctorate”.

Top 1 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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Rivier University
Nashua, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rivier University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Practical Nursing for a Doctorate. This small school is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s practical nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

Rivier not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 2,178 students enrolled at Rivier University, 55 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,338. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rivier University 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%.

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