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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 the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Public Health Education and Promotion is the 165th most popular major in the country with 4,563 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 197 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public health education and promotion. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health education and promotion programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The public health education and promotion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 11 masters’s public health education and promotion degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree vets studying public health education and promotion list, Portland State University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 23,640 students enrolled at Portland State University, 1,127 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,835. On top of their other funding sources, 100 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Portland State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Portland State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Health & Science University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s list. Oregon Health & Science University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s public health education and promotion degrees to qualified students.
OHSU also made our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 3,035 students enrolled at Oregon Health & Science University, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $29,426. During this same period, 0 students received funds 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%. 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.
Full OHSU Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #3 spot on the list. Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Loma Linda, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Loma Linda University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 4,468 students enrolled at Loma Linda University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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