2023 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,564 people earned their degree in alternative medicine and systems, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States. 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 153 alternative medicine and systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,418 and $10,666 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in alternative medicine and systems. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent alternative medicine and systems 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 alternative medicine and systems program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying alternative medicine.
Top 2 Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, National University of Health Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. National College of Chiropractic is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lombard, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
National College of Chiropractic not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, National University of Health Sciences supports 529 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,555. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific College of Health and Science. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Alternative Medicine for a Master’s list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s alternative medicine students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pacific College Chicago, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,034. During this same period, 0 students received funds through 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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