2023 Best Chiropractic Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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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 the Plains States Region for Chiropractic” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,658 people earned their degree in chiropractic, making the major the 175th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, chiropractic graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,463 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,114 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,255 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chiropractic. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chiropractic programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chiropractic program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Chiropractic Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic”.
Top 2 Best Chiropractic Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Logan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic. Logan University is a small school located in Chesterfield, Missouri that handed out 209 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.
Logan University also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 69 of the 1,806 students enrolled at Logan University were GI Bill® students, of which 41 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,008. During this same period, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Northwestern Health Sciences University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Chiropractic list. This small school is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it awarded 178 ’s chiropractic degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NWHSU, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 1,132 students enrolled at NWHSU were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,569. 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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