2023 Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 1,344 people earned their degree in environmental health, making the major the 387th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 418 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental health programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying environmental health.
Top 2 Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s environmental health degrees to qualified students.
University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 11,741 students enrolled at University of Rochester, 7 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,872. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s. Located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s environmental health students in 2020-2021.
WCUPA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 390 of the 17,719 students enrolled at West Chester University of Pennsylvania were GI Bill® students, of which 208 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,155. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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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