2023 Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
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Ranked Colleges
45
Degrees Awarded
$82,651
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Public Health for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 40,596 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 1,690 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,918 and $25,168 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Public Health for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Public Health for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Public Health for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Public Health for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 25 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,518 students enrolled at UIC were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,878. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UIC 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UIC]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-chicago/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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