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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Kentucky for Health Information for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Health Information Management is the 251st most popular major in the country with 3,317 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Kentucky, there were 46 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 health information management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Health Information for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in health information management. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Kentucky for Health Information for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Health Information for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Health Information for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s health information degrees in 2020-2021.
WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.Our most recent data shows that 847 of the 17,517 students enrolled at Western Kentucky University were GI Bill® students, of which 345 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,743. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Kentucky University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full WKU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Health Information for a Bachelor’s list. Eastern is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.Of the 14,465 students enrolled at Eastern Kentucky University, 869 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 469 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,031. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Eastern Kentucky University]](/colleges/eastern-kentucky-university/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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