2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Public Health for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Public Health for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 561 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,229 and $24,943 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,685 and $18,758 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Utah for Public Health for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Public Health for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Public Health for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Public Health Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Public Health for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s public health degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Associate Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.According to our most recent data, Utah Valley University supports 40,936 students, and 813 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 379 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,550. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Utah Valley University]](/colleges/utah-valley-university/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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