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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 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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia, there were 83 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,789 and $17,466 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health information management programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health information management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 West Virginia 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. 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 colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia associate degree vets studying health information.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in West Virginia for Health Information for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and it awarded 5 associates’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Information Management Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia” list.According to our most recent data, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College supports 3,912 students, and 111 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 32 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,270. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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