2023 Best General Public Health Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region for General Public Health for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 22,778 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 544 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general public health 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 general public health program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 the Rocky Mountains Region for General Public Health for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Public Health for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree vets studying general public health.
Top 1 Best General Public Health Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for General Public Health for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 6 associates’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.
CWI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Public Health Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 10,200 students enrolled at CWI, 406 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 213 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,155. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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