2023 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Alternative Medicine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Alternative Medicine & Systems is the 167th most popular major in the country with 3,564 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, alternative medicine and systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,138 and had an average of $24,035 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 98 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,418 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Alternative Medicine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in alternative medicine and systems. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality alternative medicine and systems programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the alternative medicine and systems program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Illinois for Alternative Medicine” list to help you make the college decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Alternative Medicine
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Alternative Medicine”.
Top 2 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Alternative Medicine. Located in Lombard, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 60 degrees to qualified ’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.
National College of Chiropractic also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 529 students enrolled at National College of Chiropractic, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at National College of Chiropractic]](/colleges/national-university-of-health-sciences/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific College of Health and Science. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Alternative Medicine. Pacific College of Health and Science is a private for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Pacific College Chicago also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 196 students enrolled at Pacific College Chicago, 10 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,034. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Pacific College of Health and Science Veteran Student Life Report
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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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