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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Health Education and Promotion is the 165th most popular major in the country with 4,563 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 278 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 187 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in public health education and promotion. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health education and promotion programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Potsdam. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s list. Potsdam, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
SUNY Potsdam not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Our most recent data shows that 101 of the 3,084 students enrolled at SUNY Potsdam were GI Bill® students, of which 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,221. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full SUNY Potsdam Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Manhattan College landed the #2 spot on the list. Manhattan is located in Riverdale, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees to qualified students.
Manhattan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Of the 3,965 students enrolled at Manhattan, 138 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 97 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,822. In addition to receiving other benefits, 75 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Full Manhattan Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s list. Hunter College is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hunter, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Of the 24,052 students enrolled at Hunter College, 152 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 97 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,442. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Hunter College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Excelsior College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health education and promotion students in 2020-2021.
Excelsior College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.According to our most recent data, Excelsior College supports 21,974 students, and 2,603 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2,449 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,255. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehman College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lehman College is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 73 bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2020-2021.
Lehman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Our most recent data shows that 184 of the 15,091 students enrolled at Lehman College were GI Bill® students, of which 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,409. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lehman]](/colleges/cuny-lehman-college/student-life/veterans/)
York College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s list. York College is a medium-sized school located in Jamaica, New York that handed out 57 bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2020-2021.
York also made our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #5.According to our most recent data, York College supports 7,784 students, and 71 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,701. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 York College Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #7, SUNY Canton did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Bachelor’s list. SUNY Canton is a small public school situated in Canton, New York. It awarded 12 bachelors’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Canton, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Of the 3,135 students enrolled at SUNY Canton, 128 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,556. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SUNY Canton offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SUNY Canton]](/colleges/suny-college-of-technology-at-canton/student-life/veterans/)
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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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