2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Chiropractic

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Far Western US Region for Chiropractic” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Chiropractic is the 244th most popular major in the country with 2,658 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 378 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Chiropractic” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chiropractic. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chiropractic programs and a strong support system for 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 chiropractic program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Chiropractic

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region vets studying chiropractic.

Top 2 Best Chiropractic Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

Southern California University of Health Sciences
Whittier, California

15 GI Bill® Students**

$18,011 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern California University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Chiropractic. Southern California University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Whittier, California. It awarded 83 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.

SCU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern California University of Health Sciences supports 1,225 students, and 15 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 7 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,011. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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University of Western States
Portland, Oregon

47 GI Bill® Students**

$12,134 Average GI Bill® Award

$32,651 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Chiropractic that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Western States landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 158 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.

Western States Chiropractic College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 1,195 students enrolled at University of Western States, 47 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 34 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,134. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Western States Chiropractic College]](/colleges/university-of-western-states/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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michael Dorausch.