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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 Washington for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,563 people earned their degree in public health education and promotion, making the major the 165th most popular in the United States.
Across Washington, there were 34 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health education and promotion. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health education and promotion programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health education and promotion program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list.According to our most recent data, University of Washington - Seattle Campus supports 48,149 students, and 1,283 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 769 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,190. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 UW Seattle]](/colleges/university-of-washington-seattle-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s. CWU is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 26 bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2020-2021.
CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list.Among the 11,174 students enrolled at Central Washington University, 711 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,593. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full CWU 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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