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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 masters’s patient safety and healthcare quality degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying patient safety and healthcare quality list, UAB has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UAB supports 22,563 students, and 1,194 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 508 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,983. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAB does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Alabama at Birmingham]](/colleges/university-of-alabama-at-birmingham/student-life/veterans/)