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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Illinois for Health Information for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,317 people earned their degree in health information management, making the major the 251st most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 247 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 52 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,626 and $15,120 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Health Information for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health information management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health information management 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 health information management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Health Information for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Health Information for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Rainey Harper College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Health Information for an Associate. Palatine, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s health information degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Harper College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Information Management Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Of the 12,199 students enrolled at William Rainey Harper College, 181 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,155. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. William Rainey Harper College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at William Rainey Harper College]](/colleges/harper-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Health Information for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 12 associates’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Malcolm X College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 7,273 students enrolled at Malcolm X College, 99 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 58 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,543. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Richland Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Health Information for an Associate. Located in Decatur, Illinois, this small public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified associates’s health information students in 2020-2021.
Richland Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 2,235 students enrolled at Richland Community College, 66 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 25 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,207. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Richland Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Richland Community College]](/colleges/richland-community-college/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
- *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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