2023 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$36,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,272 people earned their degree in community health and preventive medicine, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 119 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the community health and preventive medicine program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools
The community health and preventive medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s list. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 12,219 students enrolled at Tufts University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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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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