2023 Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,930 people earned their degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine, making the major the 287th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 57 acupuncture and oriental medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acupuncture and oriental medicine 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 acupuncture and oriental medicine program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine”.
Top 2 Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University of Health Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine list. National College of Chiropractic is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lombard, Illinois. It awarded 21 ’s acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
National College of Chiropractic not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 529 students enrolled at National College of Chiropractic were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,555. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific College of Health and Science landed the #2 spot on the list. Pacific College of Health and Science is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 28 ’s acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
Pacific College Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 196 students enrolled at Pacific College of Health and Science, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,034. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Pacific College of Health and Science does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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