2023 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Far Western US Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Far Western US region, there were 314 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community health and preventive medicine 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 community health and preventive medicine program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree vets studying community health and preventive medicine.
Top 1 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. UCLA is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, UCLA supports 44,589 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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