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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. 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 Alabama for Health Information for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Health Information Management is the 251st most popular major in the country with 3,317 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Alabama, there were 14 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,592 and $21,124 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health information management programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The health information school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Health Information for an Associate”.
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. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Health Information for an Associate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Health Information for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Herzing University - Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Herzing University - Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s health information degrees to qualified students.
Herzing University - Birmingham also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Information Management Associate Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 65 of the 619 students enrolled at Herzing University - Birmingham were GI Bill® students, of which 42 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,262. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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