2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Physics for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Physics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Health/Medical Physics is the 770th most popular major in the country with 258 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 71 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 health/medical physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Physics for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in health/medical physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health/medical physics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health/medical physics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Physics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying health/medical physics.
Top 2 Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Physics for a Bachelor’s list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health/medical physics degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,559 of the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State were GI Bill® students, of which 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. To help with additional expenses, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oregon State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 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%.
Full Oregon State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fresno. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Physics for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fresno, California, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s health/medical physics students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fresno State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 25,497 students enrolled at Fresno State, 471 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 211 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,324. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Fresno State Veteran Student Life Report
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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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