2023 Best Public Health Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Iowa
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$50,310
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s” 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 Iowa, there were 310 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,310 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in public health. 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the public health program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Public Health Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Iowa
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 100 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking.Of the 30,318 students enrolled at Iowa, 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.
Full University of Iowa Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Ambrose University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Davenport, Iowa, and it awarded 3 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
St. Ambrose University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list.Our most recent data shows that 88 of the 3,003 students enrolled at Saint Ambrose University were GI Bill® students, of which 42 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,054. During this same period, 17 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 St. Ambrose University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Mercy University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s. Mount Mercy University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It awarded 10 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Mount Mercy also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #4.Among the 1,705 students enrolled at Mount Mercy University, 58 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,227. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mount Mercy]](/colleges/mount-mercy-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Public Health for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center landed the #4 spot on the list. Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 36 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2.Of the 1,559 students enrolled at Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,685. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 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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