2023 Best Environmental Health Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Plains States Region for Environmental Health for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Health is the 387th most popular major in the country with 1,344 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 221 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental health 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 environmental health program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The environmental health 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 Plains States Region for Environmental Health for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Health for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying environmental health.
Top 1 Best Environmental Health Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Environmental Health for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Three Rivers College landed the #1 spot on the list. Three Rivers College is located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
Three Rivers College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 2,759 students enrolled at Three Rivers College, 88 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,482. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Three Rivers College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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