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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. 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 Pennsylvania for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 211 public health education and promotion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Pennsylvania for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s”.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree vets studying public health education and promotion.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Francis University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s. Saint Francis is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s public health education and promotion degrees to qualified students.
Saint Francis also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.According to our most recent data, Saint Francis supports 2,769 students, and 35 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,233. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Saint Francis offers 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Widener University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Public Health Education and Promotion for a Master’s. Widener is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chester, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Widener did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Education and Promotion Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Our most recent data shows that 111 of the 6,150 students enrolled at Widener University were GI Bill® students, of which 51 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,151. During this same period, 9 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Widener University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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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