2023 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Community Health and Preventive Medicine is the 281st most popular major in the country with 2,272 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 350 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in community health and preventive medicine. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great community health and preventive medicine programs and a strong support system for 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 community health and preventive medicine program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree vets studying community health and preventive medicine.
Top 3 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for an Associate list. Located in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s community health and preventive medicine students in 2020-2021.
Mansfield University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 1,784 students enrolled at Mansfield University, 65 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,213. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mansfield University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard Community College is a public institution located in Columbia, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
HCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Howard Community College supports 9,566 students, and 307 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 218 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,913. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Howard Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at HCC]](/colleges/howard-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harford Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for an Associate. Bel Air, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Harford Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 5,256 students enrolled at Harford Community College, 153 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 87 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,540. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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